On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 10:11 PM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Saw this on Twitter from CBC. Related to the other thread on this list, > which I can't reply to at this moment. > > > https://twitter.com/CBCTheNational/status/1420440005898641412?s=20 > I can imagine sports and TV executives seeing the rise of womens' sports following Title IX and deciding the only way it would be viable for the sports watching audience of the time would be to play up the sexiness and use that to sell it. When the first Womens World Cup was broadcast in the 90s there was a ton of commentary about how popular it was with little girls and mothers really wanted their daughters to see the competition. Those little girls have grown up and have replaced or outnumbered the men who need something to stare at in order to watch. -- 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-FiHFru_bG6poDnVCuLa_jzTns9RMSmt7w_Ky03V5dQbBjQ%40mail.gmail.com.
