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Why Don't More Female Figure Skaters Wear Pants?
The Atlantic ^ | February 17, 2018 | Ashley Fetters

Posted on 02/19/2018 6:06:29 AM PST by C19fan

Last weekend, one of the buzzier stories out of the Olympic ladies’ figure skating short program competition was one you might call … surprisingly surprising. The French figure skater Maé-Bérénice Méité made headlines: for the fact that she skated to a Beyoncé medley, and even more so, for the fact that she did it in pants.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: feminism; skating
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To: C19fan

Pants?

A Beyonce medley?

PUKE!


41 posted on 02/19/2018 6:59:30 AM PST by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)
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To: C19fan

Mimic the women’s beach volleyball uniform.


42 posted on 02/19/2018 7:03:36 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: daniel1212

Two men together or two women would not be “mixed”.


43 posted on 02/19/2018 7:04:13 AM PST by Chicory
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To: JBW1949

Which brings to mind the question: “why do Sumo wrestlers shave their legs?”


44 posted on 02/19/2018 7:04:32 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: C19fan

Just went and looked for pics. I think Ms. Méité looked fantastic. If she wants to wear pants/tights/leggings why not? She wears skirts, too. Why is anyone having a problem with her wearing what she’d like to wear?


45 posted on 02/19/2018 7:07:13 AM PST by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: C19fan

Because then, NO guys would watch the sport.


46 posted on 02/19/2018 7:10:05 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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To: C19fan

As long as the guys don’t start wearing skirts...


47 posted on 02/19/2018 7:11:44 AM PST by Calm_Cool_and_Elected (" Undecided Voter: someone who parades their stupidity as proof of their morality." ~David Burge)
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To: JBW1949

Dye armpit hair neon green...


48 posted on 02/19/2018 7:12:38 AM PST by Calm_Cool_and_Elected (" Undecided Voter: someone who parades their stupidity as proof of their morality." ~David Burge)
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To: C19fan

Put them in burqas for all events and ban male audiences.


49 posted on 02/19/2018 7:13:07 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
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To: Red Badger
Speaking of male skaters and skirts, and from back when I used to watch, Philippe Candeloro, skating to Braveheart .

He was great.

50 posted on 02/19/2018 7:14:48 AM PST by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: mewzilla

Much better link... https://youtu.be/PEobfz2zCCI


51 posted on 02/19/2018 7:16:10 AM PST by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: JBW1949

Penis envy is real


52 posted on 02/19/2018 7:16:11 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

I was talking to a lady on a ski lift the other day. She was there working with some professional skiers on a scientific study. They hypothesis was that compression pants reduce muscle recovery time.

She said the preliminary results indicate that they do help significantly.


53 posted on 02/19/2018 7:31:23 AM PST by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: daniel1212

The sport has been degenerating for a long time. The Baltimore Colts had cheerleaders in the 1950s.


54 posted on 02/19/2018 7:40:03 AM PST by Henry Hnyellar
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To: pepsi_junkie

For the same reason the info babes on Fox wear short skirts.


55 posted on 02/19/2018 7:59:10 AM PST by Oldexpat
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To: daniel1212

The sociology of it is somewhat interesting if we stop to think about it. The reliance on sex appeal varies greatly by support. Women hockey players dress very appropriately, IMHO. In general, I don’t see a problem in the team sports; there’s nothing wrong with the current dress codes in women’s soccer or basketball. The swimmers and gymnasts are ok; the gymnasts should get rid of the glitter, but leotards are functional for what they do. But women in track and field should be ashamed of themselves. The beach volleyball gals, with a scattering of exceptions, have turned themselves into a joke.


56 posted on 02/19/2018 8:13:53 AM PST by sphinx
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To: C19fan; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON

Well, it’s not debating.

“Anyone that comes in with pants on seems like they know what they’re talking about. In any difference of opinion, pants always beats no-pants.


57 posted on 02/19/2018 8:19:20 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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To: daniel1212
Indeed, sex appeal is the main reason, just as NFL cheerleading, and which is part of the degeneration of the sport. A women's sexual beauty - and it is beauty and a testimony to special creation - should be for husband to behold and has compliment on her one, though with a love that transcends the physical, and is not for public consumption.

You won't find many here that will accept that premise.

58 posted on 02/19/2018 8:20:59 AM PST by Ace's Dad (BTW, "Ace" is now Captain Ace. But only when I'm bragging about my airline pilot son!)
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To: sphinx

I hate auto correct. “Support” = sport.


59 posted on 02/19/2018 8:21:44 AM PST by sphinx
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To: MarvinStinson

Because they’d be confused with hockey players?


60 posted on 02/19/2018 8:25:29 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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