Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
Girls are much more likely than boys to drop out of competitive sports. It’s little wonder when revealing kits are highlighted on the global stage
It’s likely more to do with pay and societal pressures
Societal pressures like being sexy over being talented?
No, pressures to be a mom, take a quiet job, and be submissive
sensationalism at it's best. they have other options to wear if they don't want to wear that.
Too bad the promotional image doesn't show more than one option for each gender, and itself shows the different aesthetic expectations of men and women competing in the Olympics.
that's a failure of the publication, not nike. like i said, it's sensationalism at it's best.
And that argument is discussed in the article. Doesn’t mean it isn’t sexist
how is it sexist? women are allowed to wear the mens gear if they want. it's up to the athlete to choose.
Uniforms should be issued, not designed by the country. Some countries have invested $10,000s of dollars to ensure their athletes have the least amount of drag, namely in swimming. At that point, it isn't the talent of the athlete, it's the clothes. Put everyone on even playing ground clothes wise.
Nudity all around!
The original Olympics were a bunch of greased up naked guys
They tied their foreskins shut so it was appropriate. (I'm not shitposting, Google it)
This would be my preference. The Olympic committee should put out a set of design and material guidelines, and each athlete can choose from that. That can have them printed with different patterns or whatever, but it must meet the guidelines. There should probably be several different shapes for "men" and "women" patterns that anyone can choose from any set.
I hope they organize a "no shave" protest.
I thought the same thing. The article mentions Brazilian waxes, and my immediate thought was f-that. Go full bush. You wanna see what my junk is really like? Feel free to view it in its natural state.
I can't be the only one to notice that Nike thinks that able women should be sexualized, but disabled ones should wear long pants. I'm not sure which women that is more insulting to.
Both. Each side of that equation makes the other one worse
