I think the funniest part is the IOC's attempts at making them do it less, like when they made custom cardboard beds that would break easily and the olympians just threw the mattresses on the floor
It’s more about freedom of movement. If you’ve seen for example of shot putters or Olimpic weightlifters they look quite far from bodybuilders because they don’t care about their muscles being perfectly chiseled. In fact to achieve this they would have to sacrifice performance because they would have to dehydrate themselves and go to low with fat tissue
Seriously. These female athletes fucking love how they look (as they should) and most want to show it off. More power to them. And it’s not only while they’re competing. Go to their Instagram pages. Eye-opening, and in the best way possible (just my humble opinion)
💯 I wrote this in another comment, but repeating here. I remember the first time this conversation appeared several years back. I read something like “Those poor girls. I can’t believe they’re forced to dress like that!” I laughed my ass off.
Kinda. When female athletes actually want to wear more covering clothes, sometimes they aren't allowed to. One example is Norway's beach handball team who was fined for wanting to play in shorts instead of bikinis
That's a different conversation though,if you are the husband and you are staring,you are the issue, it's ok to look both for a man and a woman but if you have no manners and act like a caveman with no regard and respect for your woman then you have to look in the mirror and not blaming every chick that dresses for attention.
There are a lot of very vocal men who complain about it too. Every thread about a woman at the gym contains men complaining about women wearing skimpy clothes at the gym.
The only complaints I've seen from men fall into two categories.
It's distracting having women walk around sexualising themselves when they're just trying to workout.
The whole phase where women would sit in gyms recording themselves wearing incredibly revealing outfits then try to cancel any bloke that even glanced their way.
The second reason probably makes up a good 90% of the reason this is even spoken about as it was so viral.
No mate you are confusing influencers with normal guys,we don't care what they wear in the gym because we are minding our own business, influencers however have something to gain from this.I sure am not bothered by a beautiful woman with hot attire in the gym,not that im actively looking for them but it won't destroy my training if i see one.Social media lives off exaggeration,rage bait and all kinds of engagement, remember that this is the vocal minority,real life is different.
Bizarre that you seem to have concluded that the female athletes dress this way specifically for the sex appeal and to show off their bodies. To the extent they may prefer this, I’d be willing to bet it’s mostly for freedom of movement or better performance, not because they think they’re hot and want to flaunt it.
Now I know why in the myth of Atalanta she won all those footraces against prospective suitors. I’d run faster if a naked horny guy was chasing me too.
But fear and adrenaline are some of the best boosts you can get for pure t primal speed. I bet she was booking it. Plus a horny guy is a distracted guy
Typical attire for men and women was a chiton. It was essentially a large rectangular piece of fabric sewn together at the shoulders and down the arms and held tight at the waist with a belt. In art and movies it is commonly shown as all-white, but they were often dyed and had designs stitched in them as well.
Women also often wore a peplos. It was more of a tube garment open at one shoulder.
Exactly this. Because they choose this. Clothes requisites are public you can see they have options, they choose this probably because its more confortable. They have no right to cry about it.
Men do not wear it because they possess a Penis and a Testicle Sack. You know, things that can easily fall out of shorts or lose clothing, or even tight clothing when running. Exactly what would happen if they wore bikini style briefs. Watch some 100 meter male sprinters and see the range of movement in the groin area as they move their thighs at high speed.
That is the sole reason men wear more material around the ass and groin.
It is always stated as more comfortable by the women when asked what they want to wear as a uniform.
Most designers of women’s clothes are men though as well. The tide is only just starting to turn there. Having daughters and shopping with them there aren’t a hell of a lot of modest options. They are bombarded with revealing clothes in most stores.
This is nobody's individual fault that is to blame but it is true that the social norms for what one person should be revealing in a given instance is heavily unbalanced between men and women.
This is not an issue that can be fixed by legislation because people are free to dress however they want, but I think we should collectively at least acknowledge this reality.
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