For the sake of women skiers everywhere, I hope Lynsey Dyer's upcoming film, Pretty Faces, is more about skiing than pouty lips and "derrières" in skin-tight ski pants pointed toward the camera. I hope it deals with abilities rather than sex-appeal. I'm no feminist, but that kind of film demeans the women and diminishes their roll in the sport.
Last year, I mentioned that I had a real problem with Lynsey Dyer's She Jumps for the same reason. Instead of the stated goal of attracting girls to the sport, I thought that it didn't promote the sport as much as it did the women in the film. People responded, oh they are just having fun. The outfits are costumes. Blah, blah, blah.
Photos of Lynsey Dyer, posing in the nude, covering her breasts with her hands. Sorry, I just can't take you seriously. BTW, I see you, Julia Mancuso and Lindsay Vonn, and you disappoint me. Seductive poses in tiny bikinis or less. One particularly troubling one is Mancuso on a bed, pouty face, raised up on her elbows, and wearing ski boots.
Why can't women skiers stand on their skills alone? Why do they have to sexualize the sport? You don't see Bode Miller and Ted Ligity and Shawn White and the rest of the men in provocative poses.
So I will end my rant with a question.
Can women's sports thrive without sexualization of the participants?
Last year, I mentioned that I had a real problem with Lynsey Dyer's She Jumps for the same reason. Instead of the stated goal of attracting girls to the sport, I thought that it didn't promote the sport as much as it did the women in the film. People responded, oh they are just having fun. The outfits are costumes. Blah, blah, blah.
Photos of Lynsey Dyer, posing in the nude, covering her breasts with her hands. Sorry, I just can't take you seriously. BTW, I see you, Julia Mancuso and Lindsay Vonn, and you disappoint me. Seductive poses in tiny bikinis or less. One particularly troubling one is Mancuso on a bed, pouty face, raised up on her elbows, and wearing ski boots.
Why can't women skiers stand on their skills alone? Why do they have to sexualize the sport? You don't see Bode Miller and Ted Ligity and Shawn White and the rest of the men in provocative poses.
So I will end my rant with a question.
Can women's sports thrive without sexualization of the participants?