I asked my wife, a former volleyball player, if the attire of women's beach volleyball players needed to be so skimpy. Perhaps to keep cool, she suggested. OK, I thought- a possible explanation. It made sense, after all keeping cool is probably important.
But after looking what the men beach volleyball players were wearing, I figured it out. Women face a double standard in certain sports. The male players can wear baggy shorts and a loose fitting t-shirt, and they're just fine. Women need their butt cheeks hanging out. And what is up with bikini wearing boob-bouncing volleyball cheerleaders? This is the Olympics, it should represent the pinnacle of competition and sport. If an event cannot stand on it's own without the sexual exploitation of women during the timeouts and TV commercial breaks, what hope is there for women ever achieving the respect the rightfully deserve as athletes?
If you don't think there is a double standard, ask yourself why the men in beach volleyball don't wear speedos, or why there aren't Chippendale dancers out there during the breaks in action during a men's game.
Call me a prude, I can accept that. And I'm certainly in the minority, I can accept that too. But if one of my little girls ever had the chance to compete internationally in a sport, I'd hope the spectators would admire them for their athletic ability, character, and good sportsmanship, not for the amount of skin they show on the court.
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