Women badminton players may be forced to wear skirts to "boost flagging audiences"

[JessinAvalon]

I have no words.....

www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23946465-plans-for-skimpy-skirts-for-2012-womens-badminton-get-short-shrift.do

"why exactly is it so important for the women to wear skirts?". I can't understand that either. Nor the comment from Darren about men arguing that their choices are curtailed. So why make any discrepancy between sexes? Totally unnecessary.

Have to say I just don't get their logic at all.

Skorts (skirts with ball shorts underneath) already exist and are widely worn by tennis players, so it's not like they're trying to market a new concept. I have some myself, and do actually find that they give a better range of movement than shorts (which I also have).

Skorts/shorts are equally revealing so if they are trying to appeal to Badminton pervs, I don't think skirts are going to make a difference.

The only possible explanation is that they think some potential badminton-watchers don't like the outline of female buttocks. Or maybe they have a phobia about the remote possibility of camel toe?

So is it to create some appearance of "femininity" so as to emphasize that it's a women's sport, or at least that there are women playing it?

There should be a range of clothing for both sexes to wear whatever they feel most comfortable in. Any 'rules' should be limited to colour/logos. I still don't understand the part in the email where it implies that changing what women wear will benefit the sport. And that part comes from the women themselves. Maybe I misread it.