I’m glad that I’m an old guy (Thanks to my big brother for
the thought). I look around at our country’s rush to support democratic
movements that dissolve into chaos, a country that obsesses with Duck Dynasty,
yet reads at a 7th grade level, a country that thinks NASCAR is a
form of motor racing, and I’m just glad I won’t be around to see where this is
all going.
Ice Girls in burlap bags are the latest thing I hope to miss.
In case you are not aware, the NHL’s San Jose Sharks have
decided to clothe their Ice Girls (Cheerleaders by any other name) in a little
less, and by a little less, I mean the girls wear long pants, long-sleeve
shirts that tie at the neck, BUT… wait for it, the shirts expose three inches
of the young ladies’ midriff. On the other hand, the Ice Guys’ shirts do not
expose their belly buttons (Thank God). I don’t care if you are a gay man or a
hetero girl, who-the-hell cares about a man’s belly button anyway?
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| Ice Girls on left, guy on right. Enjoy it why you can. |
As you might imagine, there are elements that claim the
Sharks are objectifying women, making them sexual objects. I could wax eloquent
on this issue, and in the past I have. Instead, let me provide a one-word
answer to the objectification police. Really?
Where will all this end? When will modern-day, enlightened
humans by happy? When we all, men and woman alike, dress in burlap sacks?
Should we also coat the trees in cloth, hide the mountains from view? Isn’t
placing them on a post card objectifying them? Forbid Tom Brady from modeling?
How insulting that must be to him. Forbid Ferrari and Porsche from designing cars
that make our blood race?
I think a beautiful woman is one of the greatest visual joys
in life. I hope you women feel the same way about guys, and if you’re gay more
power to that train of thought too. Let’s celebrate our differences, our
beauty, not try to homogenize it.
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