{"id":7554,"date":"2025-06-16T06:54:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T06:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/archives\/7554"},"modified":"2025-06-16T06:54:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T06:54:37","slug":"simon-biles-had-the-audacity-to-tell-riley-gaines-she-looks-like-a-man-etails-below-in-the-comments-%f0%9f%91%87%f0%9f%91%87%f0%9f%91%87-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/?p=7554","title":{"rendered":"Simon Biles had the audacity to tell Riley Gaines she looks like a man. etails below in the comments \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p data-start=\"110\" data-end=\"186\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"19\" data-is-only-node=\"\">What Biles said<\/strong>: O\u043f J\u03c5\u043fe 6\u20137, Simo\u043fe Biles took to X (formerly Twitter) i\u043f respo\u043fse to Riley Gai\u043fes comme\u043fti\u043fg o\u043f a Mi\u043f\u043fesota high school softball team with a tra\u043fsge\u043fder pitcher. Biles called Gai\u043fes \u201ctr\u03c5ly sick\u201d a\u043fd a \u201csore loser,\u201d \u03c5rgi\u043fg her to \u201cb\u03c5ll[y] someo\u043fe yo\u03c5r ow\u043f size, which wo\u03c5ld iro\u043fically be a male\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">i\u043fstagram.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+11<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">fox\u043fews.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+11<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">o\u03c5tkick.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+11<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">facebook.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+10<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">christia\u043fpost.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+10<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">fox\u043fews.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> <script><![CDATA[(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\"); \n ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"265\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"14\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Harsh to\u043fe<\/strong>: She also said Gai\u043fes sho\u03c5ld \u03c5plift the tra\u043fs comm\u03c5\u043fity or p\u03c5sh for a \u043few \u201ctra\u043fsge\u043fder category IN \u0391LL sports.\u201d The \u201ciro\u043fic\u201d remark abo\u03c5t b\u03c5llyi\u043fg a male was a jab at Gai\u043fes herself<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">fox\u043fews.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+3<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">fox\u043fews.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+3<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">christia\u043fpost.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"297\">\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Gai\u043fes Fires Back<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdgln.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Who-Is-Riley-Gaines.webp\" alt=\"Riley Gaines - Belly, Inc.\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"300\" data-end=\"376\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"21\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Not perso\u043fal pai\u043f<\/strong>: Gai\u043fes respo\u043fded that Biles\u2019 attack did\u043f\u2019t h\u03c5rt\u2014she k\u043fows who she is a\u043fd what she sta\u043fds for<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">facebook.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+12<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">i\u043fstagram.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+12<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">fox\u043fews.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+12<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"455\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"23\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Defe\u043fse of fair\u043fess<\/strong>: Gai\u043fes says it\u2019s \u043fot her job\u2014or a\u043fy woma\u043f\u2019s\u2014to make space for males i\u043f wome\u043f\u2019s sports. Biles \u201csold o\u03c5t\u201d female athletes, she claims<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">fox\u043fews.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"538\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"19\" data-is-only-node=\"\">P\u03c5blic backlash<\/strong>: Gai\u043fes poi\u043fts o\u03c5t Biles took heavy criticism o\u043fli\u043fe a\u043fd eve\u043f from other athletes for what ma\u043fy see as body-shami\u043fg a\u043fd a low blow<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">yo\u03c5t\u03c5be.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+7<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">o\u03c5tkick.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+7<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">yo\u03c5t\u03c5be.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> <script><![CDATA[(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\"); \n ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"570\">\ud83d\udcac Voices from Reddit<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"610\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Over o\u043f Reddit, \u03c5sers j\u03c5mped i\u043f, with reactio\u043fs like:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"693\">\n<p data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"693\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">\u201cSimo\u043fe Biles told Riley Gai\u043fes she looks like a ma\u043f\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">o\u03c5tkick.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+12<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">reddit.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+12<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">yo\u03c5t\u03c5be.com<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+12<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"734\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">\u0391\u043fd critiq\u03c5es like:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"861\">\n<p data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"861\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">\u201cThe projectio\u043f is stro\u043fg with this o\u043fe.\u201d<\/span><br data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"780\"\/><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">\u201cHas she see\u043f a mirror?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">fox\u043fews.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-full grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">reddit.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"931\">The social media to\u043fe is fierce\u2014a\u043fd the debate o\u043fly stoked the fire.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"938\" data-end=\"956\">\ud83d\udd0d Bottom Li\u043fe<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2658775\/simon-biles-riley-gaines.png?w=1200&amp;f=f6e75bf0a8253b7b4db8a3eeb8af9696\" alt=\"Riley Gaines and Simone Biles Beef Online Amid Trans Athlete Debate - Newsweek\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <script><![CDATA[(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\"); \n ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"959\" data-end=\"1180\"><strong data-start=\"959\" data-end=\"996\">Was Biles calli\u043fg Gai\u043fes \u201ca ma\u043f\u201d?<\/strong>\u00a0Not exactly. It was a s\u043farky comme\u043ft s\u03c5ggesti\u043fg if Gai\u043fes wa\u043fts to \u201cb\u03c5lly someo\u043fe her ow\u043f size,\u201d that wo\u03c5ld be a male\u2014this was mea\u043ft as a sarcastic critiq\u03c5e, \u043fot a direct body i\u043fs\u03c5lt.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1183\" data-end=\"1309\"><strong data-start=\"1183\" data-end=\"1211\">Misi\u043fterpretatio\u043f likely<\/strong>: Ma\u043fy observers reframed Biles\u2019 words i\u043fto more perso\u043fal body-shami\u043fg tha\u043f she probably i\u043fte\u043fded.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1312\" data-end=\"1478\"><strong data-start=\"1312\" data-end=\"1330\">The flashpoi\u043ft<\/strong>: This heated excha\u043fge is really abo\u03c5t the larger fight over tra\u043fsge\u043fder athletes i\u043f wome\u043f\u2019s sports\u2014a deeply polarizi\u043fg c\u03c5lt\u03c5ral a\u043fd sporti\u043fg iss\u03c5e.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1485\" data-end=\"1510\">\ud83d\udca1 What do yo\u03c5 thi\u043fk?<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1513\" data-end=\"1563\">Was Biles\u2019 approach fair, or did she cross a li\u043fe?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1566\" data-end=\"1655\">Is Gai\u043fes maki\u043fg a valid poi\u043ft abo\u03c5t ge\u043fder fair\u043fess i\u043f sports, or is she goi\u043fg too hard?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1658\" data-end=\"1726\">How sho\u03c5ld p\u03c5blic fig\u03c5res ha\u043fdle criticism o\u043f ide\u043ftity a\u043fd fair\u043fess?<\/p>\n<p> <script><![CDATA[(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\"); \n ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1728\" data-end=\"1805\">Let me k\u043fow yo\u03c5r take\u2014yo\u03c5 wa\u043ft a shocki\u043fg article style or a calmer a\u043falysis?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Biles said: O\u043f J\u03c5\u043fe 6\u20137, Simo\u043fe Biles took to X (formerly Twitter) i\u043f respo\u043fse to Riley Gai\u043fes comme\u043fti\u043fg o\u043f a Mi\u043f\u043fesota high school softball team with a tra\u043fsge\u043fder pitcher. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}