It all seemed to be going so well for women at the World Cup. Vicki Sparks made history by becoming the first woman to commentate live on a World Cup match in the U.K., while England Lionesses-turned-pundits Eni Aluko and Alex Scott received widespread praise for their sharp insight and analysis.
Then, everyday sexism reared its ugly head. On Thursday, Burger King issued an apology for a controversial advert offering a lifetime supply of Whoppers and a cash prize for any Russian woman who became pregnant by a World Cup footballer. Then, Julieth Gonzalez Theran, a Columbian reporter for Deutsche Welle's Spanish news channel, was groped live on air when she was reporting outside the stadium.
It's 2018, but we still seem to have made little progress.