h2ofun wrote:
RallySavage wrote:
dalava wrote:
First off, this thread is totally useless without pictures ;) Second, here we are, bunch of guys, assuming that the female triathletes wearing swim suit style tri suit are being objectified, but do you really know how they feel? How about ask them and see what they say?
From a sample of one here, my daughter races USTA youth elite, and during all the races last, she had the choice of wearing either, she preferred the swim suit style up to sprint distance.
I think you are missing my point. How would you have felt if your daughter's preferred choice was shorts because she felt objectified wearing a swimsuit, but her only option was a swim suit? In ITU they have a choice. It appears that in SuperLeague they only gave a very narrow exception.I have no idea which women feel objectified wearing the swimsuit and which ones don't care. But they made an exception for the woman from the middle east due to religious purposes, which suggests to me that there is clearly some segment of women that don't want to wear a bathing suit for reasons other than comfort.
As far as hearing from more woman, I'm all for it.In fact, I think some of the comments on this thread might be from some woman.
To be honest, it gets SO so old hearing from some folks, who, IMO, just seem to enjoy spending their entire lifes playing the victim card.
Life is just way too short, smell the roses.
Well, as a late 50s male I certainly am in no position to call myself a victim of sexism, and I've put myself in an odd position of being the resident ST feminist on this thread. Hoping some woman can chime in. Perhaps I have been overly critical on this matter.