Hanna Rosin is so mad that female Olympians pose in their underwear

I think you can see similar strains across wide stripes of politics/policy/culture. For example, consider some of the gnashing of teeth re: erectile dysfunction drugs. It's true that men take those pills, but it's not true that men are the only people those pills help.

 

I bet Hanna Rosin has the most equal goddamn marriage in America.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/magazine/does-a-more-equal-marriage-mean-less-sex.html

 

Let me know, but more importantly let Slate know, when any of these ladies is forced to pose at the point of a gun, or to score money to feed their crack habit.

 

One problem I have with a column like Rosin's is that it perpetuates the American puritanical notion that the human body is something to be hidden away and ashamed of.

 

The hockey goalie is "barely legal" at age 20.

Also, DAY-UM on the curling team. Is that the Russian equivalent of volleyball or something?

 

I'd venture to guess that notion has been the viewpoint of a dwindling minority for at least 40 years.

 

Hanna Rosin should meet the BYU-Idaho president. They'd have a swell time crusading against pornography and masturbation together.

 

And Rick Santorum.

 

Eh. I don't see her being so radical. Let's not focus on their incredible achievements or their years of training. Let's just celebrate how HOT! they are!

Besides (...to be a hypocrite), Russian cheesecake has to be the tackiest on the planet. You're not going to tempt anyone back from the dark side of homosexuality with those, guys.

 

Can't we do both?

In theory, this idea is that these are "real" women, i.e. that athletes who actually do things with their bodies other than strut them around the runway can be sexy.

Of course, we've had it pounded into is in the U.S. that only obese women are "real" women.

 

Hanna must love ESPN The Body issue.

 

From the comments... someone's drafting off my heat:

Danny Mark 17 minutes ago

Why are so many female Olympic athletes posing in lingerie?

BECAUSE THEY WANT TO.

You're welcome.