Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Feminism: chat

Original poster

figure skating outfits

82 replies

pinkyredrose · 17/03/2013 17:38

Am currently watching the figure skating on BBC2, all amazing so far so good.

But noticed that all the mens outfits cover them from neck to toe and all the women show legs, cleavage, shoulders and arms. Anyone know why this should be?

I did get my feminist hat on a little, it obviously can't be because some outfits hinder movement otherwise the men would surely have skimpy outfits on too?

Very interested to hear opinions.

OP posts:
PretzelTime · 17/03/2013 21:09

I fucking HATE being told that everyone think ladiez are hot and menz are ugly and we should want to look at women's bodies at all times but not men's.
NO. That's not my preference. Speak for yourself. It's just an excuse for objectification of women, and the imbalance of half-naked women and covered men. Patriarchal shit, that's what it is.

specialsubject · 17/03/2013 21:06

look more closely and you will see that those bare cleavages are actually covered in American tan netting, so the outfits don't fall off.

like all 'sports' with an artistic element, the slap and the frills are part of the show.

still better than beach volleyball where there is no way that a bikini that vanishes up their bums is a practical outfit. Or an attractive one.

LRDtheFeministDragon · 17/03/2013 20:39

I'm with dead, sorry - I'm attracted to men. If you don't find men's bodies attractive you're obviously not, which is fair enough, but it's rubbish to ignore the fact that straight women make up a pretty huge audience for these shows.

It's plain old sexism IMO.

DeadWomanWalking · 17/03/2013 20:29

thezebrawearspurple I like looking at men's bodies. Confused ( I could gaze at <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=img2-1.timeinc.net/people/i/2012/news/121029/ryan-gosling-300.jpg&imgrefurl=www.people.com/people/article/0,,20639474,00.html&h=400&w=300&sz=34&tbnid=qTkSgNSGK5dFqM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=68&zoom=1&usg=__IZvOMT09DAwj5sIFXMwUV1R8i6I=&docid=gcyu6n_dHU9MtM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YSdGUdiUE_DJ0AW3r4DgBw&ved=0CE0Q9QEwBg&dur=377" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan Gosling all day)!

OP I agree, I sometimes cringe at how skimpy female ice skater's outifts are. And wonder why we don't get a bit of male flesh to stare at.

bigkidsdidit · 17/03/2013 20:12

and gymnasts, adn athletes, and pole vaulters and ....

kim147 · 17/03/2013 20:10

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

thezebrawearspurple · 17/03/2013 20:05

Women are hot, men like admiring their bodies, women like looking as their figures are aspirational and we like comparing ourselves.

Mens bodies aren't interesting, women aren't interested in looking at their bodies and neither are the men, gays excepted perhaps but there's not enough of them, they'd lose most of the viewers if men started flashing their bits.