Olympian Hilary Knight on Femininity in Sports and Paving 'a Better Path' for Women Athletes
Photo: Michael Tran/FilmMagic Hilary Knightloves lifting up her fellow female athletes. Singling out the outdated and misogynistic notion that women in sports must choose between being feminine or athletic, Knight tells PEOPLE exclusively that “being strong was sort of a knock against myfemininity,” though she’s come to understand with time that “it’s one of those things that you realize, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s ridiculous!’ " “I don’t think that I’d be waking up every single day, along with my teammates, trying to pave a better path for the next generation at the professional level and the national level [if things were equal]....