Okay, Title IX wasn't really all about girls getting equal opportunities to play sports in school- but it sure seemed that way. I feel that it was probably a pretty good thing in general as far as addressing some of the problems with gender discrimination in the public school system (Who wanted to take 3 years of Home Ec? Not me).I've been watching as much of the Olympics as I can (start humming....I love technology...), having a DVR has been quite wonderful - not just skipping commercials, but also skipping boring sports like basketball. One other way we use our DVR is to fast forward through the women's beach volleyball. Yeah.
Why is it that the men's beach volleyball uniforms look like normal sports attire (see picture above), while the women are pretty much "nakedish". Okay, not naked, but come on - do they really need to be wearing bikinis to compete? Not only is it unnecessarily immodest, but bikinis offer so many more opportunities to get sand in places that might chafe. I say, give the girls at least a t-shirt. Seems like discrimination to me - but let's not get out of hand. I'd hate to have anti-discrimination work the other way. Guys in bikinis are MUCH worse than girls in bikinis.
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I have a dream that one day the men who design buildings will "get it" and make the ladies' room vastly bigger than the men's and there will be no lines. Women are different than men and we need more stalls.
Amen, sister. Especially places that have large crowds...stadiums, theaters, stake centers.
Those that design kitchens...hello?!
It's funny that beach volleyball players wear less than the swimmers these days.
Now ask yourself which team everyone tunes in to see.
Show of hands...
Girls?
Thought so.
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