Thursday, September 4, 2008

Let's stop skirting the issue

The issue being why do women tennis players pretend to wear a "skirt" or a "dress"? Firstly, these never descend below the ass cheek, barely at that. Second, they keep flying up all the time especially as they rise to serve; and thirdly, and very clearly in the case of the ongoing Williams match, the pink panties are the main course, not the black skirt.

Having been a few feet from several female players recently, I can assure you it is not faintly titillating. Except for Pennetta, who wore a modest skirt that was pleated and so did not keeping billowing up, and had what I thought was a derrier to take home.

On a serious note, why is it that the more women celebrate liberation, the more its expression is effectively propagating objectification of their sex?

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