I’ve fallen behind on this thread, so forgive me if I’m repeating anything.
In response to J’s comments about men wearing the same thing, where as women have to decide on what is appropriate and have they worn it before. I have, in the past, got quite annoyed at dress code rules because I’ve had to wear a dark grey suit with shirt and tie even on stupid hot days, when my female colleagues have been able to swan in wearing comfortable short skirts. That situation had changed a lot in IT by the time I left, and formal wear was only really required when visiting (new) customers ant techs could even then still get away with jeans and black T’s (regardless of gender). It certainly balanced the scales when in the base office as we all pretty much wore jeans/chinos and polo shirts/sweatshirts, although the ladies still had more flexibility in the hot weather if they chose.
As for watching sport, I mostly prefer to watch what most would have been considered as ‘edge’ sports in the past, sailing, cycling, diving, skateboarding, snow boarding, surfing etc, but occasionally watch athletics or swimming. I watch to see the performances/competition but I’m not going to stop preferring to see women in tight clothing over men in tight clothing. That said, I wouldn’t stop watching a sport if the women all suddenly decided that they wanted to wear baggy clothes to compete, I’m watching for the sport, but I’m mature and honest enough to say that the shapely females are a pleasant addition. As I said up thread though, I DO actively avoid the beach volleyball and will also avoid the Handball because the revealing clothing mandated. I’ll add any other sport to my personal veto list if I’m told it has a code that requires the objectification of a person. But I’m not going to stop looking at and enjoying those that are comfortable with being on display. It would be dishonest to say otherwise.
