In an age of gender battles, the Olympics gave us something better

Published February 26, 2026 6:00am ET



The media is celebrating another “women beat men” Olympics for Team USA. But a more powerful American story from these Winter Games isn’t about gender competition. It’s about family.

Framing the games as a battle between the sexes misses a far more meaningful American story — one about brotherly love and the cultural importance of tight-knit families.

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