Why Don't More Female Figure Skaters Wear Pants?

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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Feminism trying to ruin everything.

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

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Why do females have to wear pants if they don’t want to? To make feminsts happy? Sounds like oppression to me. The matriarchy holding them down.

2 posted on 02/19/2018 6:08:57 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)

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Pants reduce flexibility, I would guess.

3 posted on 02/19/2018 6:09:16 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)

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Yes but they can provide compression.

4 posted on 02/19/2018 6:10:18 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)

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Because no one would watch if they did /s

5 posted on 02/19/2018 6:10:46 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)

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The judges like to look at athletic legs?

6 posted on 02/19/2018 6:10:48 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

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I am going to go with, “because a woman dancing on skates is beautiful and a woman dancing on skates in a short dress is even more beautiful.”

I know...this is crazy talk to a feminazi.

Jo<a

7 posted on 02/19/2018 6:11:19 AM PST by joma89

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Once upon a time it was a matter of cultural expectations. Today, it's a matter of television ratings. Women's sports have always walked a fine line between selling athletics vs. selling sex appeal. The women invariably want to be recognized for their athletic abilities and competitive spirit. But they also want to be paid as well as the men, they know that depends on viewership, and that in turn leads to deferring to the reality that large numbers of men will tune in to watch pretty girls in skimpy outfits.