‘Bikini boycott’ by Norway team a hint to un-sexualise women in sports

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Norway’s women’s beach handball team chucked the official bikini bottoms for shorts to protest against sexism in dress code for female athletes

If you thought the idea of asking women athletes to dress modestly or ‘cover up’ was sexist enough, think again; it can be the other way round too. Telling them to wear skimpy clothes under the pretext of international dress code can reek of deep-rooted patriarchy too.

In a latest instance, the women’s beach handball team of Norway has been fined 1,500 euros on Monday after players chucked the official dress code of bikini bottoms to wear the more comfy shorts. The European Handball Federation has called it “a case of improper clothing” that breached the Athlete Uniform Regulations delineated in the IHF Beach Handball Rules of the game and said disciplinary action has been initiated against the team.

The team, however, has received claps from the Norwegian Handball Federation (NHF) which has cheered its women for finally breaking the sexist dress code against which they have been complaining since 2006. “We at NHF stand behind you and support you. Together we will continue to fight to change the rules for clothing so that players can play in the clothes they are comfortable with,” the federation said in a social media post.

 

 

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Good job! 

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Not me reading this as Bikini Bottom 

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