'Both modesty codes and compulsory sexiness stem from the same root: A deep discomfort with women using their bodies in unsanctioned ways,' JillFilipovic writes for CNNOpinion.
Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and author of the book"OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind." Follow her on Twitter. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely her own. View more opinion articles on CNN.
You know the old line about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did, just backward and in high heels? That's also the story of world-class women athletes: They're doing most of what the men do , and doing it while being ogled, booed, scolded, sanctioned, fined and otherwise hyper-policed because of what they wear to compete.
Jill FilipovicParalympian Olivia Breen's briefs? Too short. The thigh-length shorts worn by Norway's women's handball team? Too long. The cap that the British Olympic swimmer Alice Dearing uses over her natural Black hair? Not acceptable, the International Swimming Federation said, because -- in a justification with echoes of phrenology -- it does not"fit the natural form of the head.
This 45-year-old gymnast is set to compete in her 8th Olympics 02:14The Norwegian beach handball team was fined by the European Handball Federation for wearing those allegedly too long shorts instead of the required high-cut, tightfitting, and revealing briefs, with a side width of no more than 3.9 inches,"cut on an upward angle toward the top of the leg" . Male handball players are permitted to wear any shorts that are"not baggy" and no more than 3.
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