i had been mulling this for awhile ngl

    • iie [they/them, he/him]
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      3 months ago

      why the fuck are women expected to do sports in leotards in the first place, men aren't. Let them wear wrestling singlets or something.

      • ButtBidet [he/him]
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        3 months ago

        It feels like sports overly sexualize the athletes, tbh. Like I don't care if the athletes themselves choose this, but I suspect that it's a marketing thing.

        • American_Badass [none/use name]
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          3 months ago

          I recall this getting brought up quite a bit. Beach volleyball women have to compete in pretty small bikinis, and with no reason ever given. One team was pretty dead set on competing in shorts, but I don't think it was allowed.

          Women's water polo uniforms are terrible this year, just look way too revealing and uncomfortable.

          Gymnastics I have no clue because there's a big aesthetic component to it, and they're all sequined and cool. I don't think I've seen any competitors complain about them.

      • WorkingClassCorpse [comrade/them, any]
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        3 months ago

        The men's gymnasts typically wear leos, they just also wear pants or shorts in addition. At least, that was the case when I was briefly a male gymnast in high school and had some pretty massive leotard wedgies

        Ofc that was just my experience, I suppose it could be different for Olympic athletes

    • take_five_seconds [he/him, any]
      hexagon
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      3 months ago

      alotta the male athletes get pants so it got me wondering what would happen if i was flopping out there with a lil swimsuit and my twig and berries