Team USA track and field kit for women is needlessly revealing and sexist, women athletes have said after Nike unveiled its outfits for the Paris Olympics

What is it with Nike and sexualized athletic uniforms these days (see MBA see-through pants)? Did PornHub invest without anyone noticing?

  • ChokingHazard63@sh.itjust.works
    1231·
    9 months ago

    Maybe my ad blocker is working double time but how is there not a picture of the proposed outfit in the article?!?

    Here you go

    • strawberry@kbin.run
      95·
      9 months ago

      fuck is that supposed to cover? half a coochie lol. one misstep and the cats out of the bag lol

      • Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
        552·
        9 months ago

        The deviant in me likes it, but man I don’t think women should have to wear stuff like this to work if they don’t want to.

        • lolrightythen@lemmy.world
          152·
          9 months ago

          I don’t know how to be completely proper without diminishing the meaning of my statement all the time, but I agree with this statement’s substance and structure. I hope people can take comments like this without feeling degraded.

          Nobody should be forced to wear a uniform that diminishes their hard work and achievements that earned them the required uniform. Olympians are going to want high performance garb - generally tight-fitting and light weight. That doesn’t mean the team organizers should go hog wild on showing skin to boost ratings. It’s impressive, inspiring, and (for me) a bit depressing to see the peak human form without being creepy, but these folks have worked far too hard to be objectified.

          But if they’re down, I’m down

          *Edited afterthought: Do NCAA gymnasts have uniform issues? I don’t see their competitions often, but they tend to stay in place to my knowledge. I’m not trying to argue for the new uniforms - it just seems like those uniforms would be a relevant case study.

        • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          23·
          9 months ago

          It means to say something that can’t be unsaid, usually in the context of blabbing a secret. The origin is from the British Royal Navy in the age of sail. The “cat” is a Cat’o’ nine-tails a type of whip used for punishment. It was stored in a velvet bag, and once it came out there was no going back, it was going to be used on you.

    • Neato@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      571·
      9 months ago

      So the tops are nearly identical. But women clearly need massive lower ventilation…or something.

      Yeah this just shows Nike is being sexist as fuck. Swap these suits by gender and let’s see what happens.

    • stoy@lemmy.zip
      30·
      9 months ago

      That is absolutely degrading, why is it impossible to give women similar kinds of shorts as men gets?

      • Not_mikey@slrpnk.net
        113·
        9 months ago

        There is a shorts option for women as well, you can see it on the far right in the picture in the article.

        Sucks for women who do usually like wearing briefs but they aren’t being forced to wear this.

      • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
        715·
        9 months ago

        Women’s butt muscles move differently than men’s do. So they need a higher cut to compensate for that.

        ;p

        • stoy@lemmy.zip
          3·
          8 months ago

          Sure women’s anatomy is slightly different, but there are other ways to deal with that other than to just give them one tiny crotch strap.

    • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      I am pretty aghast at how revealing that track outfit is. It’s already bad enough how short women’s running shorts are compared to mens; if you have even slightly thicker thighs they can chafe pretty badly!