Saturday, February 07, 2009

Figure Skating in Canada tries to butch it up

This is no joke. Funny and dumb as hell, but no joke. The parade of stereotypes itself is most entertaining...

An organization in Canada is now saying it’s likely one of the reasons that young male skaters in Canada have turned more and more to hockey instead of figure skating; Few boys want to be the targets of gay jokes. From the CBC now comes a report that Skate Canada will unveil a campaign to combat the stereotype. “Tough” is aimed to show how strong and masculine male figure skaters are.

Read more here, the implication being figure skating is only for *tough* he-men...

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