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1.) Are there any cases of girls asking their coach for a different style uniform and being denied? 2.) Is there evidence to show which percentage of players p
by explorer83 3y ago
1.) Are there any cases of girls asking their coach for a different style uniform and being denied?
2.) Is there evidence to show which percentage of players preferred the current fashion style compared to a different one?
I know the sport is different but I was a swimmer and I had to wear speedos. Essentially water resistant underwear. I had teammates of every shape and size. Yeah sure some people got to be known for having larger bulges in the breast or groin areas but not in anyway that was hyper focused on or put down any other teammates. Also, you wear it in front of tons of people at competitons. If there was discomfort there, it was very much a personal decision and not the environment of the sport. Everyone had to learn to be comfortable in their own skin. And the hard work of the sport actually desensitized us to it.
If the author doesn't like the current team uniforms, seems to me the option is to encourage multiple uniform types. I honestly don't see the value here in dragging it into some sort attack on society.
- jccalhoun 3y agoThere was a team that was fined for wearing a different style of uniform https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/women-athletes-uniform-changes-1.6122725 https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/women-athletes-uniform...
- explorer83 3y agoThat was certainly a case where the rules definitely did not give them a choice and that was wrong. Glad they changed the rules. Here's a pro-bikini bottom article for why the bikini bottom is advantageous for beach volleyball: https://www.wjbf.com/ap-top-news/why-olympic-beach-volleyball-players-wear-bikinis/ https://www.wjbf.com/ap-top-news/why-olympic-beach-volleybal...
- Eddy_Viscosity2 3y agoI look at beach vollyball uniforms for men and women and it reminds of the armor used for female and male characters in games. Sometimes, like swimming, the uniform is the way it is because its best suited for the sport. But other times... its sexism.
- AndrewOMartin 3y agoFrom the article > She is now launching Inclusive Sportswear CIC, a community-interest company specializing in the development of rigorously inclusive sportswear policies and guidance for schools, clubs, sport organizations and brands.