Olympic beach volleyball - Page 2

SahmIam · ‎04-16-2010

@muttmom Pretty much.

My nieces that play Beach Volley Ball say it's BETTER to be covered because the sand is worse when it sticks to you: You get a rash, you itch, etc. Wearing clothes PREVENT that.

Sounds like the athletes simply want to show off their body. Go for it but you're standing out for other reasons' than your vollyball playing prowess.

annie315 · ‎03-17-2010

I, too, have wondered about this. I recently read an article that said that the female athletes choose to wear the current attire. My jaded self reads this as "if I wear something skimpy, then maybe I have a chance on further recognition"... One can only surmise the type of further recognition they may be hoping for. As the old adage goes, men will be judged by what tthey do, women will be judged by how they look. How unfortunate that female athletes succumb to this. Take a look at a recent Golf magazine cover where a female golfer is show in a nightie with the breeze blowing her hair...yet male golfers are portrayed with golf attire and caps and headlined with their accomplishments. I have accepted the fact that we may not be able to change these perception, but I have no intentions of ever stopping bringing the attention forward.

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

some other volleyball fashions at the olympics......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3734140/Chilly-temperatures-Copacabana-Beach-force-women-s-U...

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Mellie32 · ‎03-13-2010

@Patriot3 wrote:
Does anyone else find this a little disgusting......why is it that in beach volleyball the men wear tank tops and shorts to their knees and the women wear skimpy bikinis w/their rears hanging out? I don't know, I'm old and just don't see the need to exploit women's bodies that way. The reason I will not watch women's beach volleyball. Just my opinion, folks.

You honestly think someone tells Kerri Walsh that she has to wear that? Do you KNOW Kerri Walsh? LOL!

muttmom · ‎11-28-2012

With the exception of the ladies from Egypt, the covered attire was worn either at night or in the rain.

I remember some of the night matches at the London Games were downright chilly. Yet the Americans usually came out with covered tops and bikini bottoms.

Mellie32 · ‎03-13-2010

I'm used to the men not wearing shirts at all. Perhaps the lower temps are the reason they are wearing them this time.

SahmIam · ‎04-16-2010

S*x sells in the USA. Sad that we still see that when it comes to athleticism.

CatsyCline · ‎07-24-2013

it's BEACH Volleyball fer cripes sakes! It is played on a BEACH

obviously some have not been to a beach lately

or a track

or a gym

how about ice skaters. guess their skirts are just too short. more sexploitation

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

If women feel objectified by s xsm it is the fault of women. They don't have to dress that way or worship the Kardashians, but they do. Then they wonder why. . . Honestly, those that have it flaunt it and that's how they get ahead so often. . .

loveschocolate · ‎05-11-2012

@ashleigh dupray wrote:
it's BEACH Volleyball fer cripes sakes! It is played on a BEACH

obviously some have not been to a beach lately

or a track

or a gym

how about ice skaters. guess their skirts are just too short. more sexploitation

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