Course blog for SUNY Fredonia WOST 201: Introduction to Women's Studies, taught by Professor Jeffry J. Iovannone, Fall 2012.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Sports bras and Jenna Marbles
Me and my roommate one night were staying up late watching the lovely Jenna Marbles and her weekly viral videos. We found out that we missed a lot of videos over the summer because we were too busy to watch them and we found that she talked about the summer Olympics. Warning this video is vulgar but she still makes very good points. The video here explains that a Turkish journalist, Yüksel Aytuğ, wrote an article and made the statement that the women who compete in the Olympics don't represent women and how their even appearance is "pathetic." He also said that women need to watch the Victoria Secret Angels instead of the Olympics (which is funny because the fashion show is tonight at 10 CBS). Here's a quote from him: "Aytuğ said women's associations should protest the Games and added that
it was enough for him to 'take a look at female swimmers' to reach that
opinion. 'Broad-shouldered, flat-chested women with small hips;
[they are] totally indistinguishable from men. Their breasts – the
symbol of womanhood, motherhood – flattened into stubs as they were seen
as mere hindrances to speed,' Aytuğ said." Although Jenna makes this subject funny, but it really has seriousness behind it. This man obviously feels that women shouldn't compete because we don't belong there and aren't filling the shoes of a "real" women who is supposed to have big breasts and hips for birthing and the males favor. Apart from this man being an ignorant fool, lots of men really don't know any woman facts. Granted I'm not too aware about how to use jock straps or compression shorts, but I know they are essential for men and boys to wear while performing in sports. If they didn't have that support they wouldn't be able to play the best they can; the same concept is used for sports bras. As Jenna put it "you can't workout with cantaloups on your chest you will end up getting a black eye."
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