When I read an article, "Team Disqualified for Short Shorts"
from a Associate Press, I was shocked and depressed when a cross country
girls' team from Florida High School was disqualified after placing third for 2
mile race at State meet. I do not think this was ethical when these
runners were disqualified due to their shorts. It is better for runners
to wear short shorts to have better performance. This incident was an
issue for the referee since they are not familiar with girls' athlete wearing
short shorts and the referee do not want female athletes to show their fit and
strong bodies since it might attract more attention. Even though the team
has been wearing this uniform throughout the whole season, but somehow they
brought this issue at the end of the season and decided to destroy many runners’
goals. This issue can tied to our class lectures when we talked about
females are usually view as feminine and males view as masculine. Also
females are known to look lean and petite, and males look stronger and
athletic. I think both gender can wear any attire and look what they want to
portray themselves instead of other people telling what they should do or look. In all, any athletes should be themselves
instead of hiding their personal and interests.
Cheyenne Hayes
http://www.makeithappen.com/wis/readings/shortsfl.html
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