Cycling Weekly has apologised for what it described as an “appalling lack of judgement”.
UK cycling magazine Cycling Weekly has issued an apology after a sexist caption appeared alongside a picture of a female rider in this week’s edition.
Hinckley Cycle Racing Club, from Leicestershire in the UK, was the subject of a regular feature called ‘Ride With’ in this week’s issue of the magazine, in which a photo of a female club member was captioned “token attractive woman”.
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A member of the club pointed out the error on Twitter on Thursday, August 31, with Cycling News issuing a full apology several hours later, an apology that is included in a pinned Twitter post on the Cycling Weekly Twitter page.
In a statement, Cycling Weekly editor Simon Richardson apologised for “an appalling lack of judgement” by a member of the sub-editing team and said that it is not a reflection of the culture in the Cycling Weekly office.
You can see the apology in full below, followed by a number of complaints on social media once the caption had been spotted.
https://twitter.com/cyclingweekly/status/903380116985786372
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