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.”
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