So a topic in the media that has been on my mind in recent days.... Need I say anymore? I guess if the majority of people shared the same view as I, nothing would need to be said, but unfortunately, that is not the case. It just seems that when you think things couldn't get any weirder... they do.
In the barracks where livestock stand, leave their manure, their snot, their smell and then get whipped while bolting out the gates with men on their backs, we are now looking at women filling up the very same barracks at the Gold Coast Turf Club. Classy. But don't let the image of women in shoe string bikinis distract you... its about athleticism. Well thats what Grant Shether Turf Club Chief Executive thinks anyway, stating; "we want to see the sports stars, the surf lifesaving stars." Mmmreally? Yeah, Really. Interesting concept. I thought athletes wore athletic clothing for athletic sports... and did athletic events on athletic fields... for humans. Not starting blocks in animal cages in a paddock.
I can just hear it in the grandstands now 'Hey Sam, filly Number 9... look at the hindquarters on her! I'd love to jump on her back and see how fast I go make her go!' In a purely non-sexual way of course... (Of course, we believe you.) I mean despite the whole caging in animal barracks where animals defecate and so on and so forth, it really could be constructively argued that it is an athletic event. Competitors MUST wear a shoe string bikini. Yes, thats right. Event planners are so thoughtful, these athletes are world class... less fabric equals less wind resistance. I see the logic...
But just when I thought there was no hope for societal redemption on this issue, something strange happened that I didn't expect. Queensland Racing Chairman Bob Bentley came out and said this, "The coast is a major city today and this does nothing for the image of making the Gold Coast a city of repute. So we won't sanction it, it won't go ahead... we think it is totally inappropriate". Well OMGZ. Poor old Mr. Sheather wasn't happy about the comments at all. He rebutted Mr. Bentleys assertion with his own, that the women 'athletes' weren't being taken advantage of by saying this, "the final will be eight female athletes and the winner will probably take away $9,500 in prize money, which is more prize money than any horse running on the day will win." Umm. Cool. I totally get that. Because throwing money at women to take their clothes off and be jeered at by a bunch of men at a strip bar (opps, I mean race track) is totally at the pique of moral attitudes towards women. But hey, they will get more money than the livestock running down the field...so they are a step up in value in that regard so we should consider ourselves lucky!
I just don't know who I am more pissed off with. The men who thought of this idea and believed women ignorant enough to believe it was all for the name of 'Race Day Promotions', or the women who really are ignorant enough to believe it. One young woman who vowed to partake in the event said 'It just goes to show that women can do anything!'. So despite the fact that having an IQ over 100 is clearly not a prerequisite for entering the competition, it just goes to that women can do anything (clever thing she is!)... anything completely stupid, degrading and submissive to men that is. Thanks for further embedding that steroetype sweetheart. Going along with that attitude with the reins and saddle steering you in the direction your male jockey wants to go is what got us in this mess. Sigh. Well, thats got me in a complete downer now but I have to say, I have always prefered bareback anyway...
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