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BBC Acknowledging sports women aren't small men 🤯

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IcakethereforeIam · 28/03/2024 09:27

Now if only the companies making the equipment could acknowledge that too

https://www.bbc.com/sport/68542035

A wetsuit that a women could wear and pee easily. I used to kayak when I was younger, the options, if you were out all day, was pee in your suit (yuck! especiallyas the suits were hired) or find a rock to hide behind and strip off, time consuming and embarrassing. Blokes suits had a wee zip. But, as in the article, there are other watersports where time and privacy can't be found and they get too watersporty. This is discounting periods. I put myself on the pill so I wouldn't menstruate. It didn't work but it made them lighter so I could cope with super duper tampons.

Also, the suits had no room for boobs.

'Equipment for women is always number two'

BBC Sport speaks to elite sportswomen about the physical and mental impact of not being able to find women-appropriate equipment and kit.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/68542035

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Snowypeaks · 28/03/2024 09:33

Number 2 indeed!

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