A Brazilian Women's Handball Team Is Fighting A "Sexist" Dress Code
- 7 years ago
A women's beach handball team in Brazil almost lost a game for wearing too many clothes.
Rio's CopaBeach/Cepraea team was told it would have to forfeit a state championship because the players were wearing shorts under their official bikinis. The players agreed to remove their shorts for the game. Now, they're fighting back against the rules that caused the problem in the first place.
The team says the dress code is sexist because it doesn't apply to the men's teams, objectifies women, and is enforced to attract male spectators. In solidarity, the men's team posed for a photo showing its players dressed in similar skimpy gear. So far, there has been no change in the dress code.
Rio's CopaBeach/Cepraea team was told it would have to forfeit a state championship because the players were wearing shorts under their official bikinis. The players agreed to remove their shorts for the game. Now, they're fighting back against the rules that caused the problem in the first place.
The team says the dress code is sexist because it doesn't apply to the men's teams, objectifies women, and is enforced to attract male spectators. In solidarity, the men's team posed for a photo showing its players dressed in similar skimpy gear. So far, there has been no change in the dress code.