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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10224557)
No. I hate lousy role models that are held up to be icons. The female athletes are the role models that you should want for young women. They have worked hard to get where they are on their merit and talents. Too often the media shows such a warped vision of women that it is no wonder so many young women, and older ones too, have body issues and strange ideas of how to get on in life.
Who would you want your daughter to aspire to be like, Jessica Ennis or someone like Katie Price? |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by The Dean
(Post 10224562)
Jessica Ennis, but with Katie Price's breasts............
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10224557)
No. I hate lousy role models that are held up to be icons. The female athletes are the role models that you should want for young women. They have worked hard to get where they are on their merit and talents. Too often the media shows such a warped vision of women that it is no wonder so many young women, and older ones too, have body issues and strange ideas of how to get on in life.
Who would you want your daughter to aspire to be like, Jessica Ennis or someone like Katie Price? |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10224565)
Urgh! You sound like a total pervert. :thumbdown:
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by The Dean
(Post 10224562)
Jessica Ennis, but with Katie Price's breasts............
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by The Dean
(Post 10224572)
I was joking............ I agree with everything you wrote about role models, and Ennis is the best of the bunch...........
You are a bit of a perv, but not where your daughter is involved. ;) |
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Originally Posted by Meow
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The fashion models were a total waste of time. For the last two weeks we have had some fabulous female role models on our screen and someone thought that dragging out these anorexic, coke-guzzling, vacuous divas was appropriate?
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[QUOTE=Bahtatboy;10224598]And you accuse us guys of dragging this down by comparing women's bodies? And which one looks aneroxic?
Aneroxic? (sic) Yes, you lot were started going on about the Spice Girls and the state of parts of their bodies. So often threads end up being no more than a discussion of the imperfections or otherwise of women's bodies, as if that is all a woman ever has to offer. Can you not see that it becomes rather tiresome? The self-centred, blood diamond wearing, phone throwing, coke snorting Naomi Campbell is such a good role model... |
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Oh I should also have said I totally agree with Meow - even though I was perving over Tom Hiddleston earlier. Who is not a sporting role model he is however excellent at Shakespeare. Cultural seeee! lol
Seriously though it is rather annoying when all men can discuss is the state of the spice girls thighs, rather than the fact they are also vacuous and bland representations of "girl power". |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10214229)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...ostapchuk-gold |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by The Dean
(Post 10224539)
He's from Somaliland, not Somalia...............
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by kimilseung
(Post 10225344)
The he trains in Portland, not Oregon.
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10224616)
Yes, you lot were started going on about the Spice Girls and the state of parts of their bodies. So often threads end up being no more than a discussion of the imperfections or otherwise of women's bodies, as if that is all a woman ever has to offer. Can you not see that it becomes rather tiresome?
I wouldn't judge a women in business (or professional sport) on the same basis as they have presented themselves differently (unlike what you did with the ugly shot-putter). Likewise, the waste of space that is pretty boy David Beckham hardly invites me to judge him on his ability to solve the world's hunger crisis. Yet, somehow he feels qualified to speak with Cameron on the subject. And to answer your final question: No, it never gets tiresome. I love women in all shapes, sizes and colours. I am fascinated by them and, in fact, with the exception of a couple of very close male friends, I pretty much have only female friends. I can talk to, and about women all day... just like they do. |
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Sometimes the hypocrisy and double standards on this board are breathtaking...
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Beaverstate
(Post 10224051)
His wife and child live in the area, does he still live in the modified house?
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10225514)
Sometimes the hypocrisy and double standards on this board are breathtaking...
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Stunning Olympic Fact:
To make a three-man marathon team, Kenya had more than 300 runners who had made the IAAF A-qualifying entry time for the Olympic marathon to choose from. Compare that to, say, Great Britain, who only had three runners posting the qualifying times. :ohmy: |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 10226281)
I couldn't agree more. Especially when those who frequently take positions on the moral high ground slip off it...
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Meow
(Post 10225514)
Sometimes the hypocrisy and double standards on this board are breathtaking...
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by kimilseung
(Post 10225344)
The he trains in Portland, not Oregon.
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Boomhauer
(Post 10226574)
Theres a Portland, Maine :p
I am still confused by the comment by the Dean, is Djibouti still known as Somaliland by some? |
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Originally Posted by The Dean
(Post 10224539)
He's from Somaliland, not Somalia...............
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Photos of now abandoned and derelict Olympic venues............ :(
http://www.flavorwire.com/318267/fas...ic-sites?all=1 |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by The Dean
(Post 10230671)
Photos of now abandoned and derelict Olympic venues............ :(
http://www.flavorwire.com/318267/fas...ic-sites?all=1 |
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London won in part because of the story of regeneration rather than degeneration after the Olympics...
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Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by typical
(Post 10230733)
London won in part because of the story of regeneration rather than degeneration after the Olympics...
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Ah.......... the commercial fallout........... :sneaky:
Is Phelps in.......... er............. hot water over this? http://www.cnbc.com/id/48694728 |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by The Dean
(Post 10233353)
Ah.......... the commercial fallout........... :sneaky:
Is Phelps in.......... er............. hot water over this? http://www.cnbc.com/id/48694728 |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by Beaverstate
(Post 10233359)
Read it, tried to care and couldn't. He will be fine financially. If they take away gold medals for this the Olympic committee will be showing that the Olympics are about little more than cash at all levels. Top down.
[PS - I don't care either - never found Phelps to be likeable] |
Re: The Olympic Games Thread
Originally Posted by The Dean
(Post 10233363)
..... or they will be reminding competitors that they should care more about the medals than the money?
[PS - I don't care either - never found Phelps to be likeable] |
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Sub-titles from the Olympics.............. :huh:
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