‘My hoo haa is gonna be out’: US Olympians slam Nike for skimpy women’s track kit
‘My hoo haa is gonna be out’: US Olympians slam Nike for skimpy women’s track kit
What is it with Nike and sexualized athletic uniforms these days (see MBA see-through pants)? Did PornHub invest without anyone noticing?
Not as much fun as the title, and more to the point: Lauren Fleshman, the US national champion in the 5000m in 2006 and 2010, shared even harsher criticism in an Instagram post, writing: “I’m sorry, but show me one WNBA or NWSL team who would enthusiastically support this kit. This is for Olympic Track and Field. Professional athletes should be able to compete without dedicating brain space to constant pube vigilance or the mental gymnastics of having every vulnerable piece of your body on display. Women’s kits should be in service to performance, mentally and physically. If this outfit was truly beneficial to physical performance, men would wear it.” She added: “This is not an elite athletic kit for track and field. This is a costume born of patriarchal forces that are no longer welcome or needed to get eyes on women’s sports. ... Stop making it harder for half the population @nike @teamusa @usatf.”
She's completely right.
The men's team should wear the same kit in solidarity. But not when solid, you know what I'm saying?
"pube vigilence"
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JFC Nike way to focus group
Good, I support her and all the female athletes and think pushing these kinds of ridiculous outfits is absolutely awful.
I have no idea if that's a legit response BUT in the event that it is, that uniform in the pick is not the same as what they have for this next round. This is it, and it is way way way unacceptable. I used to have lingerie undies like this and I hated them, I called it the labia splitter.
IIUC in the screenshot she posted, she mentioned the mannequins you just posted. So she is talking about this uniform
Designed by Dennis Reynolds. None of those women would fit in them anyway; their proportions are too... Realistic.
That's very generous
These look like great swimsuits to wear on a boat.
Because of the implication....
Cut to Dennis wearing the uniform
They do it because ultimately, they get away with it. I understand athletes have worked their asses off to get to compete (especially in the Olympics), but at some point if they genuinely want change, they need to take a stand — either wear something less revealing, or boycott their events. Get enough people to do it, and maybe it’ll send the message.
Women's Beach Volleyball is going to be great this Olympics
Not if you've got sand in your snatch
The name of your sex tape?
Only if you enjoy seeing degradation
It’s literally a content tag.
Hey, some of us are only tolerant of degredation! /s
Though really, my only problem is this isn't what the athletes want (well, and the slew of other peoblems this situation is indicative of). I think it'd be hilarious if athletes could go traditional all the way to the nude. No sharkskin swimming suits, no state of the art track shoes, nada.
Maybe then they'd stop breaking records every year just for getting technological assistance...
Then we can make an "enhanced" Olympics with steroids and fancy suits and the works, and REALLY see what humans can do on their own with the juxtaposition.
I hear Nike calls this their emperor line. They told the athletes it's ultra lightweight performance wear. It doesn't actually exist.
Camel Toelympics
It’s all there’s left to do for the rich. They turn to their vices and indulge deeper and deeper, worse and worse.
What’s left to do when everyone sucks you off all the time and you can buy whatever else you want.
Affluenza is a cancer.
Great, now viewing the Olympics will be banned in Texas with the governor's war on porn with "christian" values.
I glad to hear the use of the scientifically accurate term “Hoo Haa” to describe the aforementioned thingy.
As a Brit, I immediately read that in a Cornish accent.
Link without annoying cookie options: https://archive.is/DC0wY
Can they wear some sort of bike shorts or compression shorts/half tights under it?
That would at least cover their hoo haa properly...
They can and theres is also a shorts option for women as well, you can see it on the far right in the picture in the article.
As sus as the leotard is it's optional and they do have an option with shorts if they don't want to worry about accidentally exposing the entire world.
Don't really see a problem with it since there are other options. If you wanna show your new Brazilian to the world, you do you.
why wouldn’t they use the other kits that aren’t skimpy? there’s all the rest of them.
Maybe my ad blocker is working double time but how is there not a picture of the proposed outfit in the article?!?
Here you go
fuck is that supposed to cover? half a coochie lol. one misstep and the cats out of the bag lol
The deviant in me likes it, but man I don't think women should have to wear stuff like this to work if they don't want to.
TIL at today years old what Cat is out of the bag means....
So the tops are nearly identical. But women clearly need massive lower ventilation...or something.
Yeah this just shows Nike is being sexist as fuck. Swap these suits by gender and let's see what happens.
Balls will roll
Fair is fair
Wow, on top of that wild crotch it is also ugly. Wild.
Name of your sex tape.
That pattern on TV will create awful moire patterning. Terrible design in general.
That is absolutely degrading, why is it impossible to give women similar kinds of shorts as men gets?
There is a shorts option for women as well, you can see it on the far right in the picture in the article.
Sucks for women who do usually like wearing briefs but they aren't being forced to wear this.
Women's butt muscles move differently than men's do. So they need a higher cut to compensate for that.
;p
they should start growing their bushes out. Pubelimpics.
I am pretty aghast at how revealing that track outfit is. It's already bad enough how short women's running shorts are compared to mens; if you have even slightly thicker thighs they can chafe pretty badly!
Oh god, the chaffing !
Thank you. I thought I was going insane...