tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226876360890245048.post5373440761369918947..comments2024-03-28T11:49:52.046+00:00Comments on 2Wheel Chick: And Why Not Have Podium Girls?2Wheel Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176536186611735307noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226876360890245048.post-89189392356500823432013-05-19T14:34:54.738+01:002013-05-19T14:34:54.738+01:00Thanks for your comments. I agree, Buckles that th...Thanks for your comments. I agree, Buckles that there are women who work hard at what they do for little reward. I also hope that people can be judged by what they can do, not solely on what they look like. I don't how hard the podium girls work, but from what they say it involves more than just standing on stage after the race. In some races they have to do promotional work for their respective sponsors and be a hostess, running around, attending to the needs of the various visitors and participants in the events - as well as presenting the prizes to the racers. With early morning starts their days can end up being quite long. The podium girls would argue that their job is hard work. We need to continue to campaign for all jobs that women do to be given equal status and accorded the same recognition and rewards as our male counterparts. Doing away with podium girls wouldn't actually do anything to advance our campaign. I would actually go along with April and would prefer to get guys onto the podium to present prizes at women's races! 2Wheel Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09176536186611735307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226876360890245048.post-6938108100651073752013-05-16T15:27:16.542+01:002013-05-16T15:27:16.542+01:00I think it is very difficult if not outright impos...I think it is very difficult if not outright impossible to change the way we all (women included) view women if their role at the 'toughest race' is podium chick. I'm not against women looking sexy and wonderful, in fact I like it. If we could transform our world into one where men's and women's bike race was afforded equal status and hunky guys (or basically just handsome people) were around to kiss cheeks when awards were handed out, well fine. But we are REALLY not there yet.April Streeter, Gothenburg, Swedenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05574851953760400897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226876360890245048.post-27577334603837374712013-05-16T13:10:40.925+01:002013-05-16T13:10:40.925+01:00It's a bike race not a beauty pageant... the p...It's a bike race not a beauty pageant... the problem I have is that there are many skilled, talented and intelligent women out there who work hard for comparatively little reward or recognition... they choose to make the effort to do this... why should we celebrate good looks more than we celebrate hard work? Nobody chooses to look attractive or had to work hard to obtain the genes that are responsible for their looks... I have nothing against the girls themselves but the kind of society that values looks more than it values hard work is a poor one.Buckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684102452883710855noreply@blogger.com