After the pathetic attempts of the World Badminton Federation, news from BBC Sports about yet another international sports federation that thinks sport is about being sexy, that athletic women aren't sexy, and that spectators need reminders that female athletes are girl-type people.
Women's boxing has always divided opinion but now there are splits within the sport over suggestions that competitors should wear skirts.
The latest talking point is not whether women's boxing should become the newest Olympic discipline at London 2012, but what the boxers will actually wear when they compete.
During last year's World Championships, the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) presented competitors with skirts, rather than the usual shorts, which it wanted to "phase in for international competitions".
AIBA asked boxers to trial the skirts, which they said would allow spectators to distinguish them from men, but at last week's European Championships in Rotterdam only two nations - Poland and Romania - had taken on the alternative outfits.
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Those stupid fans who can't tell women boxers from men boxers without the skirts
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