Steph Curry’s defense of Ayesha exposes the ugly double standards of sports’ manosphere | Andrew Lawrence - 悟空体育官网

The Warriors' superstar has come to his wife's defense following an on-screen kiss, revealing the harsh double standards and fragile masculinity prevalent in sports culture.

If Steph Curry is using his full legal name, it’s a clear sign he’s serious. In a 90-second video posted Wednesday on Instagram under the account “Wardell Curry,” he addressed online trolls who have targeted his wife for years. “Usually the noise doesn’t bother me, doesn’t bother Ayesha,” said the four-time NBA champion and Paris Olympic standout. “But when you’re trying to step on the accomplishments of my wife, and feel the need to have to jump in and give an opinion on something that you really don’t know about, [it] kind of speaks to the bigger conversation on how you view women in this world and what they’re allowed and what they’re not allowed to do.”

This moment will likely be remembered as the NBA’s version of the Oscar slap, minus the physical aggression. It’s a strange turn in the parasocial relationship where restless fans pushed a superstar to publicly stand up for his spouse. In this case, Curry had to defend his wife for the supposed offense of starring in a Christmas romantic comedy: a Hallmark-style film called Second Chance Holiday, where Ayesha Curry plays a dating expert with a streak of bad holiday luck and shares a kiss with a man who isn’t Wardell Stephen Curry II – her husband of 15 years and father of their four children. That apparently crossed a line for some of Curry’s former NBA colleagues.

作者：Guardian Sport

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