I'm All For Calling Out F1's Misogyny And Often Outright Disdain For Women, But When I Wake Up To See

I'm all for calling out F1's misogyny and often outright disdain for women, but when I wake up to see multiple drivers (including Daniel) making ignorant, dismissive and insentitive comments about the ongoing Horner/Red Bull situation, and yet only see these essay-length think pieces on here about Daniel's comments, it feels decidedly less like people who actually care about calling out misogyny, and instead seems to be people using these comments to dunk on a driver (and their fans) that they don't like.

So to those people; I really hope to see your posts about Lance Stroll saying "I just like driving cars" in today's press conference when asked about the situation, or Hulkenberg answering "I'm not really affected. I read it, I see it." Also hope to see people criticise Perez's comments on his unequivocal support for Horner: "Yes, he does,” Perez told the press, when asked directly if Horner has his backing as Red Bull team principal.

As I said, please continue to call out the misogynistic system that F1 supports, but using this whole situation to score some points from other people who also dislike a driver feels pretty exploitative of the actual seriousness of the ongoing case.

how it feels to be a lovergirl who just wants to be loved out loud in a "i'm going to be so casual and nonchalant about you but i want you to be obsessed with me" culture

don't be nice to me I'll get a crush

how sad is it that a sport that prides itself on being “progressive” and “inclusive” fails so miserably at being what they preach. these men have wives, daughters, sisters, mothers, girlfriends and yet fail to defend and advocate for their security.

they can say that f1 is for women all they want, but is it really? are you really making it a safe space for us? are you really caring about our inclusion on the sport and taking the right measures to do so?

this (being a literal sexual assault allegation) is not a “distraction” or “noise”. you saying you “only care about cars” does not exempt you from trying to make a difference in the sport YOU drive for. a sport that little girls and women all over the world watch and enjoy.

you preach inclusivity while supporting the behaviour that actively makes it not inclusive for women.

i expected nothing from these millionaires, and ended up disappointed anyway.