"Unitards, however, are allowed, as are leggings of the same color as a given leotard. In addition to helping some competitors feel more comfortable, such outfits can be favored by athletes for reasons of cultural and religious modesty. 'We women all want to feel good in our skin,' [a German gymnast said]. 'In the sport of gymnastics it gets harder and harder as you grow out of your child’s body. As a little girl I didn’t see the tight gym outfits as such a big deal. But when puberty began, when my period came, I began feeling increasingly uncomfortable.'... 'So now where we’re seeing athletes speaking out about uniforms, you know, it really could be symbolic of the need for athletes to have more voice in general in the sport context,” [said Elizabeth Daniels, a University of Colorado psychology professor who has written about the sexualization of female athletes], 'which could alleviate some of these really tragic abuse cases that have come to national and international attention more recently.'"
From "Wearing unitards, German gymnasts promote comfort, take stand against sexualization" (WaPo).
I'd rather see the female gymnasts in full length leotards because it would highlight the overall positions of the body — all the body parts in their changing relationship with each other — which is what we're supposedly judging in this sport.
And the leotards really do seem ridiculously outdated with their spangles and other showgirl touches. It doesn't say: sport. It says: Little girls' beauty pageant.
And these are little girls. I know Simone Biles is now 24 and reportedly even better than ever, and that's fantastic. But for the most part, we are looking at young girls. That makes it especially important not to wear costumes that only narrowly cover the crotch and that leave an expanse of buttock bare.
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Christina writes:
"It is not just gymnastics, women track athletes barely have clothing on, as do volleyball players. I think comfort and utility should win the day - and to stop sexualizing women athletes. What is wrong with a snug fitting tank top and bike type shorts for activities? It is what the men wear.
"Technically, gymnastics verges on child abuse and pedophilia, anyway. Too much exposure on too young girls. Not to mention the scandals around the doctors, coaches, and their training regimes. (low calories, practice 6+ hours a day) We all need to remember, Most of the gymnasts are under 18.
"These are young girls who need our protection and not exploitation."
RBE writes:
"In the TV high-def era every pimple and wrinkle can be exposed. Some of the camera angles are too revealing. In the old days of TV everything was less defined."
rrsafety writes:
"It used to be that if one noted the sparse covering on a female athlete, it was sexist.
"Now, it is sexist not to note the sparse covering on a female athlete.
"As Ferris said, “Life moves pretty fast.”"
deevs writes:
""And the leotards really do seem ridiculously outdated with their spangles and other showgirl touches. It doesn't say: sport. It says: Little girls' beauty pageant."
"What's your opinion of the inclusion of dancing in the Women's floor event? Is that sport or pageantry?"
I respond:
It's ridiculous, humiliating, sexist, and insulting to the audience.
I was looking to see if there was already a comment addressing The Breakfast Club quote that came to my mind: "No I don't wear tights. I wear the required uniform."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iwtDTmV6lU
Assistant Village Idiot writes:
"I agree that uniform modesty is a better idea culturally. I just like it better. But I don't think there is any evidence that sexualising the uniforms contributes to the abuse. It is one of those things that people think "Well it just stands to reason. It only makes sense..." But the ideas that "Just stand to reason" are precisely those that are most likely to be wrong, because no one ever examines them and takes measurements. We only refuse to measure those phenomena where we don't want to know the real answer. One could argue, for example that the girls are boyish in appearance, and begin to draw sexual conclusions from that. Such things are equal opportunity, and you can find the data to fit your fable.
"We see it so clearly in the beliefs of other eras, but not in our own. It is a repeated CS Lewis teaching, that chronological snobbery is one of the great delusions of our age."
William writes:
"I know this is late, but I want to know why the men can't wear "full body" swimsuits like the women? It's been done in the past - see the 2008 Olympics. Michael Phelps. The reason is set forth here: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/full-body-swimsuit-now-banned-professional-swimmers/story?id=9437780
"(I agree that the beach handball and volleyball players should be able to wear less revealing uniforms - same for gymnastics. Or maybe they should just go back to the original style - no uniforms at all https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/6871)"
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