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Formula 1 ends tradition of grid girls, saying practice is no longer 'appropriate'
Yahoo ^ | January 31, 2018 | Nick Bromberg

Posted on 01/31/2018 7:17:32 AM PST by C19fan

Formula 1 will no longer have women on the grid holding signs in front of where cars are parked on the track before races.

The longstanding tradition was derided as sexist by many, especially in auto racing, the only major type of sport where women compete directly with men.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: racing; women
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1 posted on 01/31/2018 7:17:33 AM PST by C19fan
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This is why we can’t have nice things. Because of flakes.


2 posted on 01/31/2018 7:19:19 AM PST by jyo19
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To: C19fan

Lighten up, Francis.


3 posted on 01/31/2018 7:20:16 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: jyo19

The FemiNazis are driving models from sports due to jealousy.


4 posted on 01/31/2018 7:20:34 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan
the only major type of sport where women compete directly with men

Horse Racing is another.

ML/NJ

5 posted on 01/31/2018 7:20:56 AM PST by ml/nj
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unreal...F1 ping


6 posted on 01/31/2018 7:21:14 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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Hey, lets just take it all the way.

Lets end the practice of sexual intercourse between human males and females. No longer appropriate.


7 posted on 01/31/2018 7:21:42 AM PST by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)
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So when does the NFL ban cheerleaders? Or have they don’t already? I haven’t watched a game in a few years.


8 posted on 01/31/2018 7:21:44 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: C19fan

Doesn’t this thread topic fall under the “Rules” requirement?


9 posted on 01/31/2018 7:22:04 AM PST by Little Pig
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So far as I know, they haven’t banned them, but it’s rare to see them on TV for more than a few seconds during the game.


10 posted on 01/31/2018 7:23:06 AM PST by Little Pig
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What about the "Paddock Girls"? They're the main reason why fans will pay extra for a pit pass.

Sounds like the race sponsors are going to cut their own throats.

11 posted on 01/31/2018 7:24:51 AM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: God luvs America

Idiotic.


12 posted on 01/31/2018 7:25:14 AM PST by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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No grid girls. Drivers encouraging their nephews to dress like girls. Many races in countries that hate the United States. I missed not having satellite last year for three things. 1) Formula 1. 2) Tour de France and 3) Boise State Football. Now I shall only miss two things this year.


13 posted on 01/31/2018 7:27:17 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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Un-Fn-believable. I’m sure there’s shenanigans behind the scenes and that’s what this is about, but these girls are generally modestly dressed in cultural outfits. Often it’s the only cultural reference.


14 posted on 01/31/2018 7:28:48 AM PST by moehoward
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Men will always demand good looking girls, regardless of politics. The reason why certain venues are able to curtail these types of pageants is due to alternative media channels.

I'm referring, of course, to porn. When porn was either illegal, or highly restricted, then popular mass culture acceded to the overwhelming desires of men.

Once the monolithic media channels were shattered, then mainstream products could virtue signal to their heart's content. That's ok, because there's not a guy alive who doesn't shrug and go right to the source of what they really want.

15 posted on 01/31/2018 7:31:22 AM PST by semantic
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And so begins the NFL-ification of F1.

This is gonna work out well for revenues ( lol ! ).

Oh well I don't watch it much and another reason to go in the garage to build and or fix our own fast stuff for fun....

16 posted on 01/31/2018 7:34:41 AM PST by taildragger ("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Song of Angry Men!")
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To: ml/nj

One of my jockeys is a women, she does a good job for me


17 posted on 01/31/2018 7:45:26 AM PST by lopinslow
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So they’re taking away an opportunity for models to move up without having to sleep with Harvey Weinstein.


18 posted on 01/31/2018 7:52:37 AM PST by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: C19fan

Quoth Limbaugh:

“Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream of society.”


19 posted on 01/31/2018 7:58:06 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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Formula One needs to end the tradition of boring races. After the first lap they’re just car parades.


20 posted on 01/31/2018 8:01:20 AM PST by BillyBonebrake
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