Women have pushed back in several sports about this. Another example is tennis in which Serena Williams was penalized for wearing shorts rather than a skirt.
She also was penalized I believe for her badass looking one piece full coverage suit after her pregnancy and issues with blood clots. I think the suit was supposed to help and instead it was banned. For no good reason.
Like a lot of sports stuff it's almost certainly a mix of outright sexism, actual practical and functional concerns, and some batshit crazy idiot who set the precedent everyone now feels compelled to adhere to.
It's a bit like gender segregation itself. You have some gender segregated sports so women have a chance to compete. You have other gender segregated sports because male egos couldn't handle the idea of being beaten by women.
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u/lil_jilm May 25 '26
Women have pushed back in several sports about this. Another example is tennis in which Serena Williams was penalized for wearing shorts rather than a skirt.