This article is about a man who is starting the bikini
hockey league. The idea came to him during the 2004 NHL lockout. Rather than
start a regular women’s hockey league he came up with the idea of bikini
hockey, although he did not move forward with his idea until now. Once again this is a blatant example of how
women are not considered to be true athletes, but are seen as sex objects. This is reminiscent of the lingerie football
league which again exhibits women scantily clad running around for the
amusement of men. Instead of respecting women as equals able to be strong
athletes, men continue to sexualize them and trivialize their athletic abilities.
Women continue to struggle with the duality of being feminine and athletic. When
men compete in sports it is assumed that they are masculine and they do not have
to prove that they are to anyone. However, female athletes must go out of their
way to show that they are feminine. Will
this duality ever stop or is this the fate of the female athlete?
Kim Bonaccorso
KIN 577
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