Sexism in a Brazilian newspaper

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

So I'm casually browsing the sports section of a Brazilian newspaper (dead tree) and there's a short blurb noting the percentage of women athletes in the Brazilian delegation* to the AThens Olympics is the highest in history -- 44%. Mmmkay. Now, what's the blurb's title?

"Abundance of lipstick in Athens"

Argh. Double argh. :puke:


*is that the correct term? (meaning the collection of athletes going to represent a particular country at the Olympics)

[matcom]

1. sexism in Brazil?

SHOCKED i tell ya! SHOCKED!!!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. For some odd reason, that particular form of sexism fails to outrage me...

Wonder why? O8)

[SlavesandBulldozers]

2. you guys got all sorts

of racism/sexism going on down there in Brazil. its all about categorization.

[matcom]

5. i heard they had black people down there too

:D

[Kamika]

4. Isn't brazil like a really macho society?

I'm not surprised at all

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. Actually, we're more enlightened than most people think

at least in the big cities. I'm pretty sure I'll see LTTEs complaining of that title.

But, as M.A.T.C.O.M. much eloquently pointed out, there's this thing about scantily clad dancing young women we can't seem to shake off.