how old are you, 14?
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SlipperySquid
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Debates like this really make me chuckle 
i love it when teddies get thrown from the pram and viterol condemnation of this and that is thrown about with gay abandon!
We all have our own opinions of whats right and wrong but like a majority of internet debates or debates in general, we spout what we believe to be true or how we feel on the matter etc without one vital ingredient "Asking an actual podium girl what they think" which is funny because I'd wager that they enjoy it? and that after all that would be a massive kick in the pro femenist camps janglies? I personally love looking at attractive women as that is what I'm programmed to do at gene level and to fight this primordial urge would be futile
As the saying goes "If you've got it flaunt it"
i love it when teddies get thrown from the pram and viterol condemnation of this and that is thrown about with gay abandon! We all have our own opinions of whats right and wrong but like a majority of internet debates or debates in general, we spout what we believe to be true or how we feel on the matter etc without one vital ingredient "Asking an actual podium girl what they think" which is funny because I'd wager that they enjoy it? and that after all that would be a massive kick in the pro femenist camps janglies? I personally love looking at attractive women as that is what I'm programmed to do at gene level and to fight this primordial urge would be futile
As the saying goes "If you've got it flaunt it"
MacB
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quite right it clearly works well:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...graph-of-her-being-gang-raped-goes-viral.html
worth reading it all as the tale of another girl is mixed in as well
Flying_Monkey
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That's sound of the point of the entire debate being missed.
Spinney
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This, and other posts along the same lines, are rather missing the point. Of course the women are free to take that job if they wish. My problem with podium girls here, and in other sports, is the message it sends out to young girls, about what they will be valued for.
This may have no effect (hopefully), but it can also lead to many girls not achieving their potential at school because it's not cool for girls to be good at (say) physics, for not trying at sport because they'll get all sweaty and not look nice, for not considering many careers because 'girls don't do that', or they may have to wear some kind of uniform that doesn't look good, and even (as someone pointed out above) to the lack of coverage of women's sport and the consequent difficulty of being a professional cyclist (for example) because there is not enough media interest.
Now before someone jumps in and says that podium girls don't cause all that - of course they don't, on their own. They are a symptom of a still-pervasive sexist attitude in society. We have come an awful long way in the last century, but equality in law needs to be followed with equality in attitudes, and getting rid of the podium girls (or having both men and women present the flowers/cuddly toys etc) would be a small step towards that.
SlipperySquid
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You've read the full thread then? My point is ref the replies not the orginal post? Mmmmm this was meant to be ah reply to the "whoosh" comment but I havent got the handle on this forum yet with quotes etc.
As to the suicide and gang rape ? Thats exactly the kind of reply I was expecting some one overeacting.....but that's the internets for ya! as some one famously said "To each and every action there is an opposite and truly stupid overeaction"
As to the suicide and gang rape ? Thats exactly the kind of reply I was expecting some one overeacting.....but that's the internets for ya! as some one famously said "To each and every action there is an opposite and truly stupid overeaction"
Flying_Monkey
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I'm very interested to discover that you thought you had a point that hadn't already been flogged to death.
addictfreak
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I see the cycle chat stasi are at it again. A perfectly acceptable picture of an attractive woman in a black dress!
I we go down the road of removing posts etc that 'may offend' a few people then you might as well close the forum.
MacB
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you think? I would say that the 'lads eye view' is already more than catered for across the internet.
Spitting the dummy when you get a smack on the wrist is almost as big a give away regarding immaturity as posting girly pictures
Flying_Monkey
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It's funny how it's always 'the forum' that has the problem, never the person who has made an idiot of themselves.
Radchenister
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The polar views appear to prevail here, are you still allowed to sit in the middle on this issue or must I fall in line and consider it offensive, because I don't at the moment - at least I didn't ... in fact I never really thought it was anything other than a little old fashioned, quirky yes, also quite quaint, if not a touch of old style innocent but also quite stylish ... that was until coming on this forum and being educated that it was a problem?
Sit wherever you like and argue your case like an adult, Rad.
Alternative views are fine, but posting provocative pictures is what has raised hackles on this thread.
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
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This is really sad, mods IMO have stepped outside their role and become the Taliban.
Flying_Monkey
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Tut tut, are you sure that's bad enough? I would suggest the Gestapo, or perhaps Satan's Little Helpers at the very least...
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