{"id":2142,"date":"2008-08-15T13:53:05","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T18:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=2142"},"modified":"2010-11-24T00:27:22","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T05:27:22","slug":"the-sexualization-of-female-olympiads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2008\/08\/15\/the-sexualization-of-female-olympiads\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sexualization of Female Olympiads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Lauredhel at <a href=\"http:\/\/viv.id.au\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hoyden About Town<\/a> put up <a href=\"http:\/\/viv.id.au\/blog\/?p=2066\" target=\"_blank\">these nice images<\/a> comparing Australian women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s athletic uniforms:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/2745713479_659a301e3c.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2144  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/2745713479_659a301e3c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/2745713735_36a78a3648.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2145\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/2745713735_36a78a3648.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/2746550084_319062c339.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2146\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/2746550084_319062c339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/2746550292_daa8ebc1e7.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2147  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/2746550292_daa8ebc1e7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/1984olympics.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As tigtog mentions in <a href=\"http:\/\/viv.id.au\/blog\/?p=13\" target=\"_blank\">another post<\/a>, if these skimpy uniforms were really about performance, men would be wearing them too.\u00a0 But that, of course, would look ridiculous:\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/runfaster.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2148  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/runfaster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tigtog also points out that this degree of sexualization is new.\u00a0 Here are pictures comparing the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s runners uniforms at\u00a0the 1984 Olympics:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/1984olympics1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2149  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/08\/1984olympics1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauredhel at Hoyden About Town put up these nice images comparing Australian women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s athletic uniforms: As tigtog mentions in another post, if these skimpy uniforms were really about performance, men would be wearing them too.\u00a0 But that, of course, would look ridiculous: \u00a0 Tigtog also points out that this degree of sexualization is 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