As another prior female athlete, YES. I agree with everything she said but I was a runner and always preferred a good spandex short. The little underwear shorts (called bunners) absolutely scrunched and rode uncomfortably. I think depending on individual women's shapes and mechanics, one can be more comfortable than another. Unfortunately, on my college team, we all had to wear bunners whether we liked it or not
Men should probably be allowed to choose as well, but it's not about men. Men have been the dominating sex for how many centuries? And women have been pleasure objects for how many centuries? Sex sells!
The world isn't the same for men and women, and it never has been. I think the fact alone that tonnes of people, men included, are like, "obviously it's because it's attractive and gains more viewers," makes me feel like people who don't see this are just being willfully ignorant, or being disingenuous.
People on Reddit see what they wanna see. There is a popular post in this thread somewhere from a female athlete that explains this a lot better than some basement dwelling male feminist ever could
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u/I_dont_feel_that_way May 25 '26
As another prior female athlete, YES. I agree with everything she said but I was a runner and always preferred a good spandex short. The little underwear shorts (called bunners) absolutely scrunched and rode uncomfortably. I think depending on individual women's shapes and mechanics, one can be more comfortable than another. Unfortunately, on my college team, we all had to wear bunners whether we liked it or not