Grid Girls... in Voices Windward
- Feb. 3, 2018, 12:06 a.m.
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I’ve made the mistake of reading commentry on a few articles about “grid girls” being removed from the F1… and I think the funniest thing on the planet is the sheer volume of men and “too edgy for tho” women who are suddenly deeply concerned about the financial survival of hyper-beautiful models without these 5 days worth of income a year.
Trust me, the top models in the world will manage just fine not being sold as objects to get pubecent boys to like cars that go zoom. F1 will still be cool and models will continue to survive capitalism.
Jeez to hear some of the shit people come out with you’d think the jobseekers offices are about to be much more interesting.
Reality setting in here… it’s not a case of telling women what they can and cannot do as people are griping.
It’s about not creating and maintaining roles that encourage sexual predation and objectification of women in arenas that are not about sexual content.
Why does racing need to press the flesh?
I’m sure many women have enjoyed such roles but it’s not about their subjective experiance, it’s about the message it puts across and the society it creates.
The sport is about excellence and skill and they’d rather people focused on women such as Carmen Jordá and Simona de Silvestro… the fact you probably have to google them is the problem we have here.
We live in a culture that see’s women as objects,atleast on a macro social scale and we are simply progressing beyond this.
women who love this kind of work and enjoy the attention will still (and always will) find careers where sexualisation is appropriate, The fact that they have decided to pursue careers that exploit a patriarchial society is neither here nor there and it shouldn’t be maintained just because we’re quite good at getting young girls to internalise that oppression and think that their only value is as a sexual object.
I’m fairly certain they was some young lads in the coal mines and mills who thought ‘by heck I love this job cough cough ol manager gives me money to help me ma *cough cough” … why are some bloody lefties tryna steal ma job.
Deleted user ⋅ February 03, 2018
"It’s not a case of telling women what they can and cannot do."
Yes, it is. You're telling other people what is appropriate or inappropriate behavior. You can paint it as some sort of crusade for individuals' civil liberties, but the fact of the matter is, you have an ideology and you are imposing that ideology on others' free behavior.
Rhizic Deleted user ⋅ February 28, 2018
Do you apply that anaology to the end of Black face or Child Labour? Both of these instances had vocal people from the "oppressed" community defending it as their personal choice... but as a society we seem to be much better without it.
I'm perfectly ok with a progressive society making decisions to change, no ones used force... the F1 organisation community looks at their product and made a change they feel is more inline with their vision for the sport.
Same reason there is no dolphin in your tuna and badger baiting is illegal.
Deleted user Rhizic ⋅ March 01, 2018
I would argue the definition of oppressed. As would you, apparently, since you put it in quotes.
If you consider eliminating dolphin from tuna or making badger baiting illegal serious victories, I can't help you.
Still Broken ⋅ February 04, 2018
I'm a woman, I race (not F1, obvs, ha), and I have absolutely no issue whatsoever with models taking jobs inside the race industry. It's a personal choice they make. And they look good doing it. Racing primarily is - and probably always will be - a male-dominated sport in both participants and fans. Men like to look at pretty girls. That will never change, no matter how much women cover up their bodies, or how many marches go on in city streets. I'm fairly certain this was nothing more than a marketing decision. Make it look like you're doing something to show respect to women and you take a chance on gaining more female fans = $. Rather than selling just one ticket to a man and his crew of buds, now you're selling tickets to couples in the crew. Just my thoughts. Take it for what it's worth, which is absolutely nothing.
Rhizic Still Broken ⋅ February 28, 2018
Your thoughts arn't worth nothing! I mean I disagree with you but it's interesting hear a defense from inside the sport. It seems like in part you just feel it's inevitable tho? I'm sure every movement for social change has been locked by that "it's how it is" feeling and tbh it's one of the hardest to shake! Best of luck in your races!