The Norwegian women’s beach handball team was fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms. It's another reminder that changes to rules like these are long overdue. ✍️: tayobero
But this issue is neither new, nor unique to beach handball. Games like tennis, volleyball, track and gymnastics all see women more scantily clad than their male counterparts. And in that sense, there's a much larger conversation to be had about the ways that women in sports are forced to conform to bizarre rules around their own bodies, often with little known logic behind the conventions.by opting for a full-length bodysuit as opposed to the standard leotard.
“For us, it was important above all to reach young athletes because it's often said that a couple of athletes right now do not want to continue in the sport during puberty due to the dress code,” Voss said in a statement. So how did these rules come into effect in the first place, and what’s the reasoning behind them? The argument has been made that skimpier outfits make for greater range of mobility, as well as allowing for athletes to stay cool during outdoor sports in high temperatures. And the obvious question here is: Do men not get hot, or need to move around freely?
The answer becomes clear when you consider that women’s sports have long existed as a not-yet-fully-accepted subset of what has historically been seen as a man’s field. And when it comes to appearance, female athletes are either
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