The Caitlin Clark culture war sums up our garbage treatment of female athletes

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Caitlyn Clark with a rorschach test in the background

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Caitlin Clark, a 22-year-old Iowa graduate, is having an unusual start to professional life.

One chart shows just how much women's college basketball ratings have soared while men's have dipped

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The University of Iowa's Caitlin Clark has helped college women's basketball reach new levels of popularity.

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Caitlin Clark, the top rookie female basketball player in the US, is making less than the average detective or acupuncturist

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Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes celebrates her three-point basket against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the first half of the championship game of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament at Target Center on March 5, 2023
Caitlin Clark played for Iowa Hawkeyes in the NCAA.

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The men's college basketball Final Four teams earn $19.3 million in revenue. The women's teams earn 27% of that.

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Stars like Caitlin Clark are helping to narrow the revenue gap.

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Nikki Haley seemingly mixes up Iowa Hawkeyes basketball sensation Caitlin Clark with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins during a tailgate event in the key early-voting state

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From left to right, GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley, Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball star Caitlin Clark, and CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins.

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