The title of “Ladies” in Artistic Skating

[kwanatic]

This debate has been ongoing for a long time now, and it's become a bit tedious and obnoxious at this point to PC and nitpick everything to death.

The term "lady" or ladies" only became disparaging because someone said so at one time, and now it is a mind-set.

The sport needs a lot of help in many ways, and I would say this issue is not of vital importance, at this time. JMHO.

I don't find the word "lady" to be disparaging or negative...but it's not a word I'd associate with a sport or an athlete. No one refers to Serena Williams, Rhonda Rousey, Lindsay Vonn or Simone Biles as "ladies." They are women. Like I said, there's a strength denoted in that word that you don't get from lady.

Still, I do agree. It's really not that big of a deal when it comes down to it.

Then again, when we're talking about trying to make the sport more accessible and relatable to masses in an attempt to draw more people to it, perhaps a more, erm, "progressive" term to identify the field would be "women" as opposed to "ladies." The average person still thinks figure skating is a bunch of fru-fru girls spinning around in sequins to tinkly piano music. Referring to them as "ladies" doesn't exactly help that perception.

Again, it's not a huge deal and has no real bearing on anyone within the sport; however, for those outside of the sport it may feed into the out-dated perception that tends to exist in people's minds. Referring to the field as "women" rather than "ladies" is in no way the definitive solution to this problem...but I don't think it would hurt either.

 

[UGG]

In gymnastics don’t they say “women”? They are all teenagers.

 

[Ananas Astra]

What about "XX" and "XY"?

 

[StasiyaGalustyanLove]

What about "XX" and "XY"?

The way skating has been going, it's coming and coming more obvious that it will all soon be "XXX". No one under 19 will be allowed to watch Ice Network. We have already seen oral pleasure lift by the Canadian champion's, Alex Shibutina grabbing himself in the man zone as a Michael Jackson type and don't get me started on the sleeve-less costumes and see-thru fabric every man seems to be bringing to skate meats.

I feel it is time to start a petition to bring back moral standard's to skating, and may-be someone can start by talking to the Russian man who's top pair skated to a tune by Christine Agellera with the worst words I have heard since the last time some one showed me a issue of MAD magazine.

 

[manhn]

I have a really large skating DVD collection. I don't want to change all my labels!

 

[Vera Costa]

I kind of see what you mean. Just say “male” and “female” and call it a day.

'Male' and 'Female' are adjectives.

Since we refer to male human beings skating as the 'Men's' even, the appropriate linguistic counterpart would be 'Women's'.

I think some of you may also find this interesting.
As well as this.

 

[kwanatic]

The way skating has been going, it's coming and coming more obvious that it will all soon be "XXX". No one under 19 will be allowed to watch Ice Network. We have already seen oral pleasure lift by the Canadian champion's, Alex Shibutina grabbing himself in the man zone as a Michael Jackson type and don't get me started on the sleeve-less costumes and see-thru fabric every man seems to be bringing to skate meats.

I feel it is time to start a petition to bring back moral standard's to skating, and may-be someone can start by talking to the Russian man who's top pair skated to a tune by Christine Agellera with the worst words I have heard since the last time some one showed me a issue of MAD magazine.

Hear hear! I clutched my pearls so tightly I broke them! The shame and horror

 

[Bellanca]

This thread has officially gone off the rails... !!

 

[StasiyaGalustyanLove]

Hear hear! I clutched my pearls so tightly I broke them! The shame and horror

Unless you are the incredible hunk I do not thing that is possible, it is against the law's of physics. May be you are making a joke, though. I showed the post to my wife and she was not sure and I am also not sure. We may pray for you to get a new pearl necklace though.