One part of this news will not surprise you: the Olympic
stands at table tennis tournaments have been consistently half full. But the
remedy proposed by the International Table Tennis Federation is a bit surprising,
if only because undisguised sexism is so passé: the ITTF has encouraged female
players to step up their game—game referring not to sports, but to sex appeal,
of course!
Come on, ladies, the ITTF has said, put on a cute lil’ mini
skirt and that shirt I love, you know, the one “with more curves.” Jezebel wonders
if this means padded shirts, since, uh, normally it’s not the shirt itself that
has or does not have curves, but there’s really no need to get technical. Just
get sexy, will you? I mean, why else would anyone watch the best athletes in
the world competing in international games that only take place once every four
years?
Photo: Jezebel
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