‘You put the top on and your life is sucked out of you’: The fight to change women’s sports uniforms
When Olympian Tess Howard put on her new uniform for Great Britain’s women’s field hockey team in 2021, she felt something she hadn’t expected at the height of her athletic career: embarrassment.
Most women enjoy being beautiful, and there is no downside so long as people aren’t taking it to crazy lengths.
When the women you’re looking at are saying “I’m uncomfortable with this”, you’ve taken it too far
It’s not that hard buddy. They’re people, they can talk
But that’s exactly what’s happening here. The women in question are saying “I’m uncomfortable”
So now we don’t go “okay, but just make sure you stay fun to look at”
What we do is say “that’s not good, let’s give you agency over the situation so you can show off what you’re comfortable with”
Let me break this down real simple.
Everyone likes boobies. Literally all humans, even gay men and straight women, find them asthetically pleasing
The women bouncing around are complaining about their shirts. They don’t feel pretty, they feel creeped out
Don’t fucking drive them out… Are you insane? Let them pick their own shirts. They’re still going to want to look pretty. Stop making it weird
All you need to do is give them autonomy. That’s it. That would make it positive for everyone involved
Troy
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