I agree with your "should", so how will reality move to this?
If someone is trying to run a women's sports team, assuming that they will make a significant proportion of their income from ogling voyeurs, you can only demand they stop if you either find an alternative funding stream or accept telling the women players that they are out of a job.
How do the men's teams in this sport fund themselves? Cos they are certainly not dressed for ogling voyeurs? Why does the women's team rely on ogling men to be able to get funded, but the mens doesn't?
We had the tdf on the projector in the office a couple of weeks ago. It was the ITT stage, and for most of the afternoon the view was mens arses. Mens, taut, lycra clad, powerful arses. Being that I don't really do men, this did absolutely nothing for me. Had I put on the giro
rosadonna, for an ITT, I would have got a similar view of women's bums. The men get paid substantially more for what they are doing, than the women, and we're told that the women should accept that the only way they can be funded is cos we oggle their arses? I'm a lesbian, I find women attractive. But you know what, when I'm watching cycling I'm watching cos I want to watch cyclists performing at their best, not trying to work out which ones I want to shag. Why can't men do the same?
And if any of you read that last sentence and want to say "not all men". Just don't -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NotAllMenA couple of years back I watched the women's one day support act for the veulta espania, where they did a crit race in Madrid. The director really liked the German Lantern Rouge, as about 90% of the footage we got was her arse. I'd much rather that the focus had been on the awesome cycling talent in the group, and not just their bum.
One of the things I love about working from home, is I don't have to worry about what I am wearing. I never turn my camera on[1], so most days I don't even bother with clothes, or just a tshirt. I don't have to worry about what I'm wearing, is it going to be ok for this situation? does it reveal too much? does it cover up too much? is it too formal? not formal enough? Can I wear a skirt today, or am I going to have to crawl around under a desk fixing cabling? Working from home I don't have to worry about any of this. It's brilliant. The men don't have to worry about that.
Tom Scott has worn the same identical red tshirt in his films for years. Karl Stefanovic wore the same suit on TV for a year. If a woman wears the same clothes to work 2 days running people will comment.
I wish people would stop judging women and girls by what they wear. I wish we could wear what we want without having to worry someone isn't going to like it. If I get knocked off my bike on my training ride tonight, the media may ask "was she wearing a helmet?". If I get dragged into the bushes and raped, the media will ask "Was my clothing revealing and inviting?". Both are the same basic victim blaming bollocks. I should be able to walk across Dam square at any time of the day completely fucking naked, without risking that someone will rape me. I should also be able to do the same in a modest dress with a head scarf on. But the reality is, that many have a problem with one or both of those.
Let's just stop telling women what they can and cannot wear. Let's stop judging women based on what they do or do not wear. And if the women's version of a sport requires leching old men to be financially supported, and the men's version doesn't, how about the men grow some fucking balls, stand up for what is right, and help us change that.
J
[1] either that or it's been on since the beginning and everyone is too polite to tell me that it's on and enjoying that I am topless.
[2]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-30069564