I am very skeptical of the claim that less sexualizing of female athletes will reduce ratings. If guys want to see images of hot women in bikinis (or even out of bikinis) there are a lot better ways to do that than to suffer through hours of beach volleyball hoping to catch a particularly revealing shot.
On Tue, 27 Jul 2021 at 7:19 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 6:55 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Each Olympics aims to set the highest level of television standards >> >> https://abcn.ws/2TAIUP3 >> >> Less sexualized images will mean lower ratings. How much lower, I don't >> know. >> > > Can you substantiate this? And even if it turns out that ratings are > lower, can you filter out other factors to show that this is the cause? > >> >> The first unitard picture I saw was of the New Zealand gymnastics team. >> Before reading the headline to know what the story was about, I thought, >> "That is hot." >> Oops. >> > > Hot is subjective. I am sure that there are straight men who think female > weightlifters are hot. I wouldn't suggest uniform changes to enhance it or > hide it, though. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFdbgUPZXUQmz2RVhYUwuB30c2S3PFwOXbfX1FZxjhS8w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFdbgUPZXUQmz2RVhYUwuB30c2S3PFwOXbfX1FZxjhS8w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BDLQn4-CBDvvxBZvwSh51ykt%3D-dnFgC_-Pty84mDdkGQ%40mail.gmail.com.
