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‘You put the top on and your life is sucked out of you’: The fight to change women’s sports uniforms

‘You put the top on and your life is sucked out of you’: The fight to change women’s sports uniforms - Lemmy.ca

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.

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ordnance_qf_17_pounder Dec 21

I’m not against sexy outfits for women in sport, but it should be entirely up to the athlete what they wear. Seems like more often than not, such uniforms are mandatory rather than optional.

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Tiger Dec 21

That’s kind of still an issue area then though. Like if the default uniform is a sexy one, then any girl asking for the modest one is seen as being a troublemaker or causing inconvenience maybe so she feels pressured to go with the flow.

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Matty_r

Can’t keep everyone happy with everything all the time. Its up to the rest of the team to make people feel comfortable choosing between the two uniform types. If they don’t, then thats a shitty team.