Should the womans Beach Volleyball players be wearing more or less?

[Renew Deal]

Poll question: Should the womans Beach Volleyball players be wearing more or less?

[JohnLocke]

1. Sexism post in 5...4...3...2...1...

[Renew Deal]

2. Hey, it's a legitimate question.

And we must know the DU mood on this issue.

[Kipepeo]

25. Well, it took 20 actually

but here it is. :eyes:

It's not that I don't have an appreciation for the female body (which I own and happen to appreciate as well), it's just why do I have to see this shit: http://www.catch.com/comments/33988_0_17_0_C/

in regards to female atheletes when there is nothing comparable for men? And I'll tell you, I *don't* especially want to see ANY less on the male atheletes. I just want to know why it's so okay and wonderful to make women's bodies the sole focus of a discussion about sports (or entertainment or business or even the news for cripes-sake) when it's not a standard for men? I mean, I expect it in the mainstream fucked-up culture, but it's a little more needling coming from a liberal site I adore.

Not as needling as BushCo's abuses at all, but still a pain anyway. Do you get what I mean?

I suppose the "accepted" response would be for me just to walk away from this thread and pretend like I didn't see it. But you wanted responses from DU so there you go. That's mine, if you were really interested.

-Kipepeo

[comradebillyboy]

3. in ancient times the athletes competed nude

a tradition i would like to see revived, especially for the women.

[MissMillie]

20. In ancient times

the women didn't compete at all.

[AmandaRuth]

22. Actually

They did. In Greece, the Greeks had an All Female version of the Olympics in honor of Hera. They competed either wearing barley anything or were naked, as the Spartan women went about it.

Miniluvamericahatebush

[MrSandman]

23. Rather Spartan attire on those v'ballers...n/t

[NC_Nurse]

4. Where's the "don't care" option...?

eom

[Inland]

5. Amount of clothing right, but need more provocative, ogling camera angles

[Pithlet]

28. Don't worry

Reuters is quick to oblige.



Edit: I don't know why that wouldn't post. It's a Yahoo article about Olympic Women's beach volleyball with a picture from Reuters that zooms in squarely on one of the player's ass.

[blalock]

6. less

if its possible.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

7. Why is beach volleyball considered a separate sport from

regular volleyball?

It's like having baseball and sandlot baseball be separate sports. :shrug:

[kiahzero]

9. Did you notice anything else?

Like, perhaps... the lack of more than four people on the court?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. So then why aren't playground pickup basketball and

touch football Olympic sports?

[Mick Knox]

8. some times less is more.. like this time nt

[miss_kitty]

10. i don't watch it

and i'm not into females, but i voted for less

[PVnRT]

11. Less, bring back the all-nude games

That might make fencing a little dicey, but so it goes.

[AmandaRuth]

12. I'm waiting for male nude

synchronized beach volley ball. Now that would be worth watching

[Renew Deal]

16. lol

Sand could get into weird places.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Should the men's diving team wear more or less?

Well, there you have it.

[miss_kitty]

14. well they need to be totally nekked n/t

[Renew Deal]

15. Either works for me.

It's about the sport. Would thet be worse divers?

[Endangered Specie]

24. Except that might create more "splash" and hurt his score.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. heehee

I knew there was a reason for those suits!

[Magrittes Pipe]

17. All Olympians should be nude.

Anything else is a disgrace to the games.

That said, if such a rule were implemented, I would no longer watch the shot put or weightlifing events.

[eyesroll]

18. Even figure skating?

What would Brian Boitano do?

[Magrittes Pipe]

19. Especially figure skating.

And hockey.

[MikeG]

21. What's women's beach volleyball. Oh, is that what they're doing?