[Closed] X Games - Pit Girls

Talk about the bmx, possibly.

Not sure really, just explain that some men never grow up and still like to watch people racing on tiny bikes 🙂

Encourage your daughter to emulate Bethany Shriever?

Yup. 2022. And still this is perpetuated 😢
Ask them if they would take on the role. Let the conversation flow.

I wonder idly whether the problem is the presence of pit girls, or the lack of presence of pit boys.

Sweet. Thanks for the heads-up op.

The blonde was very pretty!
Are they not employed to be there? So not exploited as such but definitely out of place at that event.

I wonder idly whether the problem is the presence of pit girls, or the lack of presence of pit boys.

I kind of agree, if you have the women there for the men's event then you should have men for the women's event. Just in budgie smugglers if nothing more that to make sections of the audience uncomfortable.

We had a student a few years ago who had a side job as grid girl while and apprentice. It paid for her car and insurance and she was upset some people had decided that her job was unacceptable.

Edit: actually the thought of a man just stood there in trunks with monster written on them is very funny for tv.

actually the thought of a man just stood there in trunks with monster written on them is very funny for tv.

So why is it acceptable for women?

So why is it acceptable for women?

BEcause they've made a choice to be there and get paid ?

Think about the Mona Lisa.... using the logic of female exploitation, that may never have been painted if using the women can't be objects of art, desire, viewing... where would we be then ?

Can it not be accepted that men find women attractive and like looking at them ? Also that women at times use that to their advantage, either emotionally or financially and it 'works'.... Whys it so wrong ?

They know the target audience is 15 year old boys with ADHD.

It's an established formula that works; bright colours lots of radness, simpletons gibbering enthusiastically over the top, instant slow-mo's of the best bits and if you can find a way to include boobs use that. Remember the goal is not to promote extreme sports, it's to point eyeballs at fizzy-piss drink's logos and keep them engaged enough not to go back to playing COD (or whatever) during the ads...

The X-games is just a hangover from the 90s, so of course it's got "pit girls"...

anagallis_arvensis
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So why is it acceptable for women?

He's not saying it is. The point being made is that having Monster on top of someone's weiner might not be the best branding decision

Or it may just be a stroke of genius

Can it not be accepted that men find women attractive and like looking at them ? Also that women at times use that to their advantage, either emotionally or financially and it ‘works’…. Whys it so wrong ?

So why no men doing the same?

He’s not saying it is

I'm not sure either tbh.

The point being made is that having Monster on top of someone’s weiner might not be the best branding decision

Although the point stands, why is it ok for it to be written on boobs, ass or vagina but not a penis?

Can it not be accepted that men find women attractive and like looking at them ? Also that women at times use that to their advantage, either emotionally or financially and it ‘works’…. Whys it so wrong ?

Because there's no men in hot pants and that's before we start with objectifying the human form

Mind you comparing the Mona Lisa to a bit girl is admirable in its scope 😄😄😄

Or it may just be a stroke of genius

Stroke!!

Because there’s no men in hot pants and that’s before we stand with objectifying the human form

Will that increase their revenue ? Womens minds don't necessarily work like mens and they're not made the same, therefore having the odd bloke in hot pants won't actually give anything back in terms of revenue or viewing figures... Hence, they're not used.

Will that increase their revenue ? Womens minds don’t necessarily work like mens and they’re not made the same, therefore having the odd bloke in hot pants won’t actually give anything back in terms of revenue or viewing figures… Hence, they’re not used.

😄😄😄😄😁😁😁😄😄
Can you show your working out on that?

Have the sports that have dropped Grid/Pit girls revenues dropped?

Who is paying to go to these events just to look at them?

These sports are often ones dominated by mens participation, wonder why more women don’t get involved…

So why no men doing the same?

I suggest you tune in to Love Island, a whole eight weeks of objectifying the bodies of both sexes.

Can it not be accepted that men find women attractive and women find men attractive and like looking at them ? Also that men and women at times use that to their advantage, either emotionally or financially and it ‘works’…. Whys it so wrong ?

Fixed. There's only an issue here if we find out that X Games doesn't allow men to apply for the role, surely?

Why is who finds who sexually attractive relevant to a sports event?

These sports are often ones dominated by mens participation, wonder why more women don’t get involved…

Womens minds don’t necessarily work like mens and they’re not made the same

Obviously!!

Good old STW, people getting offended on behalf of other people. Have any of the STW SJWs asked any of the girls if they feel exploited?

Obviously!!

I know sometimes you think what you're saying is clear... but i'm not sure it's always as clear on the page as it is in your head.

Womens minds don’t necessarily work like mens and they’re not made the same

That'll be why Magic Mike and 50 Shades were such *ahem* flops then.

Have any of the STW SJWs asked any of the girls if they feel exploited?

Not really the point, as was expressed by the op.

I know sometimes you think what you’re saying is clear… but i’m not sure it’s always as clear on the page as it is in your head.

I fully expect you wouldn't understand it.

lol super... there's lovely...

It’s 2022, what am I supposed to say to my wife and daughter whilst watching the BMX

That they’re worth more to the world as things for men to look at than they are as participants in sport.

HTH.

That they’re worth more to the world as things for men to look at than they are as participants in sport.

lol INCOMING !

lol INCOMING !

😄😄😄😄 Nuance is lost on you isn't it 😄😄😄😄

Nuance is lost on you isn’t it

Oh you're going with the "i'm more educated than you and therefore a better person"

Sure, you crack on sweetheart...

Educated? Who mentioned educated?
I am simply laughing at the drivel that passes as your opinion on pit girls, and your inability to link more than one idea to another. I have no idea how well educated you are.

I'm pretty sure the correct terminology for the young ladies is brolly dollies.

Sure, you crack on sweetheart…

Back to the thread... They may speak (almost) the same language as us in the US, but it's a very different, very backwards place really. Saw a bit of a documentary on Channel 5 about cheerleaders for a US football team (Texas?). It was very, very serious and the prospective women were desperate to be picked for the team, and those that were picked were really proud about it. Mainly run/organised by women, they wouldn't think they were exploited and it was not really sexy/sexual at all, just a clear demarcation... the men will play the game, the women will dance. Everyone was ok with this and just thought it was the way things should be. Strange/sad really.

Tell them the system is shit & the women should be there competing & not just as eye candy.

Educate your daughter about how the world is loaded against her, how she will experience sexual harassments & how to handle it.

Get them to watch Jackass Bad Grandpa.

the men will play the game, the women will dance.

Nonsense, women can play too. It’s exactly the same as the mens game. . .

“Such was the success of seeing beautiful women play practically in lingerie that a formal league went by the Lingerie Football League’s name. It began its inaugural season in September 2009. Mitch Mortaza is the founder of the league.”

Somewhat encapsulates the attitudes the whole thread is about really!

I don't think he will understand this.

I don’t think he will understand this.

I'm not convinced i care fella... it's clear we're very different. You may see that as a good thing, just like i do.. but for very opposite reasons.

Can it not be accepted that men find women attractive and like looking at them ? Also that women at times use that to their advantage, either emotionally or financially and it ‘works’…. Whys it so wrong ?

Context innit, if you want to stock up the **** bank that's fine, no judgement from anyone. Its just a bit incongruous attaching half clothed, female models to a sporting event these days. As pointed out if you need to gawp at the professionally attractive there are numerous other, more appropriate ways to do that. Honestly I don't think omitting pit girls from the X-games would really damage the event.

Look at it this way if F1, arguably the epitome of crass consumption, toxic male ****tery and oafishness in sport can lose the pit girls, why can't the supposedly more progressive X-games?

Social norms are shifting, the way we present and recognise sexuality in public and media are sort of struggling to keep up. The old ad man's adage of "sex sells" kind of belongs to simpler, frankly more sexist, times. Its not that bolting unattainable women to you event/product wasn't offensive to people in the past, just that they were more intimidated by the likely responses (such as yours) if they spoke up.

Let's be clear, you're not really defending the employment opportunities for young, pretty women, your basic point is "Oi! I was looking at that!" just remember that's all you were ever supposed to do, the messages that go with using T&A to sell fizzy piss are more harmful...

What's wrong with being sexy?

There is an assumption in this thread that only men find women attractive and that only women find men attractive. Not really in keeping with STWs progressive image. Of course we've no way of knowing if the people being discussed even identify as girls. That's quite an assumption on the part of the OP.

I actually think it'd be a great idea if a different company (maybe femenine hygene products or something) sponsored some blokes in skimpy shorts to wander around as a piss take about it.

Maybe a slogan like "Look at me too..." or something.

Why do you need to explain this to your wife? Are you suggesting that as a woman, she’s not capable of working out the concept for herself?

There is an assumption in this thread that only men find women attractive and that only women find men attractive.

yes, im sure the ad men were thinking "lets get some scantily clad girls in to attract the lesbians"