Why Sydney Sweeney's nude ad struck such a nerve with women athletes

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Source context: A sports-betting ad featuring a semi-nude Sydney Sweeney triggered a backlash across women's sports, with female athletes flooding social media with a countermessage: This is what women in sports actually look like. The big picture: Ads have long sexualized women, but the Novig a

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