Ada Hegerberg becomes first woman to win the Ballon D’Or, gets asked if she can twerk

When Norwegian footballer Ada Hegerberg became the first woman to win the Ballon D’Or, she likely wasn’t expecting to get asked about her dancing prowess.  

Not only are we still living in an age where women are having “firsts,” we’re also still living in an era where men think it’s cool to ask women if they know how to twerk just as they’re accepting a historic award. 

After Hegerberg delivered a speech with an empowering message to young girls, French DJ Martin Solveig decided it’d be a great idea to ask her — after she’d literally just been named the best female footballer in the world — “est-ce que tu sais twerker?“, which means: “Do you know how to twerk?” Read more…

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