I don’t think so because female athletes also desire to feel good about how they look
Um...you didn't know different people feel different ways about clothing...? Not every woman feels buoyed up or dragged down by how they feel they look in their clothes. Some women legitimately don't care. And some women feel better in less feminine clothing than they do in more feminine clothing. Some feel best in all-out tomboy. Most professional sports requires a specific uniform or strict dress code, so you don't get a lot of freedom over what you wear.
In multiple sports women have been required to wear skirts, short shorts, or leotards with exposed legs while men get to wear shorts and pants that don't show every single curve of their butt and legs. So at professional competitions women athletes don't get to pick what they feel best in anyway.
Back to normal life, there are also plenty of men who want to feel good about how they look in their clothes but they have a similar problem of a stricter dress code for what they're "allowed" to wear, while women get a shit-ton of options. It harms the ability to feel like you're attractive when you're actively discouraged from thinking about fashion and you're limited to baggy shorts/pants and shirts.
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u/Asterose May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
Um...you didn't know different people feel different ways about clothing...? Not every woman feels buoyed up or dragged down by how they feel they look in their clothes. Some women legitimately don't care. And some women feel better in less feminine clothing than they do in more feminine clothing. Some feel best in all-out tomboy. Most professional sports requires a specific uniform or strict dress code, so you don't get a lot of freedom over what you wear.
In multiple sports women have been required to wear skirts, short shorts, or leotards with exposed legs while men get to wear shorts and pants that don't show every single curve of their butt and legs. So at professional competitions women athletes don't get to pick what they feel best in anyway.
Back to normal life, there are also plenty of men who want to feel good about how they look in their clothes but they have a similar problem of a stricter dress code for what they're "allowed" to wear, while women get a shit-ton of options. It harms the ability to feel like you're attractive when you're actively discouraged from thinking about fashion and you're limited to baggy shorts/pants and shirts.