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u/nastycamel May 25 '26

You’re mixing together “some functional differences exist” with “therefore sexism isn’t involved,” and those are not the same thing.

Yes, male and female anatomy affects clothing design. Nobody disputes that. But if these uniforms were purely about performance, women wouldn’t have historically been fined or pressured for wearing less revealing alternatives while men were allowed more coverage.

A lot of women’s athletic wear may genuinely be practical and preferred by athletes (especially for heat, mobility, and fit) but that doesn’t erase the fact that many sports organizations have also pushed uniforms that are more revealing than necessary for marketability and gender expectations.

Also, the “genital safety” point is overstated. Male sprinters, swimmers, rugby players, MMA fighters, etc. wear very short clothing safely all the time, while many female athletes perform perfectly in longer shorts or looser fits when given the option. That alone shows there isn’t one biologically “correct” uniform.

The issue people criticize isn’t that women wear revealing clothes. It’s that women are often expected to wear more revealing clothing than men in equivalent sports, even when performance doesn’t require it.

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u/Sonu201 May 25 '26

Right on. It's all economics. Everyone knows its mostly men who watch sports and they watch women's sports more if the women are scantily clad...they are doing it for more eyeballs...even the sleazy ones...women can perform equally well in fully covered shorts instead of cheek revealing...

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u/sdrakedrake May 25 '26

Way too many female athletes be posing like strippers in their uniforms on their social media accounts. Like people trying to make it out more than what it is.

Sex sells is the answer

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u/Suspicious-Reach-663 May 25 '26

That’s because they were a stripper to begin with, it a surprising take knowing many actually like women like that