Handball federation changes uniform rules after pressure over 'sexist' bikini rule

[Jilly_in_VA]

The International Handball Federation has responded to widespread accusations of sexism by changing its rules around women’s uniforms to allow bike shorts and tank tops instead of bikini bottoms and crop tops.

The sport’s global governing body has been the subject of international pressure since July, when the European Handball Federation made headlines for imposing a €1,500 fine on the Norwegian women’s beach handball team for wearing shorts like their male counterparts during the Euro 21 tournament in Bulgaria. At the time, the EHF described the shorts as “improper clothing”.

At some point over the past month the IHF has quietly altered its regulations for beach handball, which now stipulate that “female athletes must wear short tight pants with a close fit”. Male athletes can still wear regular shorts as long as 10cm above the knee “if not too baggy”.

It follows a campaign by Norway-based Australian activist Talitha Stone, whose petition – supported by gender equality organisation Collective Shout – attracted 61,000 signatures

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/nov/01/handball-federation-changes-uniform-rules-after-pressure-over-sexist-bikini-rule
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Read the article. The rules are still sexist.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Yes, still differentiate by sex, but a step closer to equality. n/t

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. A little bit

But why they gotta be tight?

[PoliticAverse]

3. You know why. n/t

[tenderfoot]

4. I noticed that many women's uniforms were ridiculously inappropriate in the late 1980s

They're designed so teams will think twice about placing women that don't meet the body standard on the roster.

It's THAT simple.

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. The uniforms

also make it impossible for women from certain countries to field teams. Or even some women in countries where most might wear fitted uniforms but cover their legs and arms and perhaps their hair....