Thursday, August 14, 2008
You decide.
Compare the Olympic women's and men's beach volleyball uniforms... Is it just me, or do the women's glued-on uniforms have about 1/10 the amount of fabric as the men's comfort-fit attire? 
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I was just commenting on the same thing to my volleyball-loving husband.
He swears it's a marketing thing. (As in, men like to watch women in bikinis?)
And I swear, when the US women's team wears the white uniform, it's like they're playing in their underwear.
Whatev.
It's not just a volleyball thing. The male divers are hurtling towards the liquid in little more than their skivvies. Simply unsettling.
The marketing- I found it!
There is a teeny tiny Nike swoosh symbol right at the volleyball women's tail bones.
See? If you examine their skivvies long enough, you're rewarded with a hidden message.
"Buy Nike underwear."
Absolutely a hoot to read this. My hubby and I discussed the same thing, but got stuck on opposite sides of why. He says they wear them 'cause they want to/enjoy the attention. I say the women are told to wear them because the sponsors/media/audience want to pay attention to their "net assets."
The women have won 106 consecutive matches--This is just proof that clothes are a hindrace to Olympians. They should go back to doing the Olympics naked.
OK. I was going to leave an insightful comment, but I read Jim Taylor's, and I can't think now.
BUT after seeing the men wearing oversized boxers and loose-fitting shirts, my naivete about the Victoria's Secret team was swept away.
I had previously given the women the benefit of the doubt ("Must be the sand or something"), but after seeing the men, I now know why women's volleyball is much more popular with men than the WNBA.
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