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End Of Grid Girls......
....In Formula 1
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"While the practice of employing grid girls has been a staple of Formula 1 grands prix for decades, we feel this custom does not resonate with our brand values and clearly is at odds with modern day societal norms," Bratches added.
Do you agree or not , with the move ?
Should the ban be extended to other Motor Sports formulas ?
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"While the practice of employing grid girls has been a staple of Formula 1 grands prix for decades, we feel this custom does not resonate with our brand values and clearly is at odds with modern day societal norms," Bratches added.
Do you agree or not , with the move ?
Should the ban be extended to other Motor Sports formulas ?
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, it's not like everyone in the whole world has said that people who want to use their bodies to make a living can't. How many grid girls does f1 have anyway? 14:37 Thu 01st Feb 2018Report
Avatar Image andy-hughes mushroom - // if not in the sports arena, where would "eye candy" belong Andy? //
I think that's rather the point, in 2018, 'eye candy' doesn't actually belong anywhere.///
Lol, unfortunate timing on those^ 2 posts. (the first one was from Bedknobs, if you're interested) Most revealing.
Avatar Image andy-hughes mushroom - // if not in the sports arena, where would "eye candy" belong Andy? //
I think that's rather the point, in 2018, 'eye candy' doesn't actually belong anywhere.///
Lol, unfortunate timing on those^ 2 posts. (the first one was from Bedknobs, if you're interested) Most revealing.
I wonder how many have spoken to the young women who do this. I have. I’ll confirm that they are just ordinary young women doing a job. What Dave said about Hannah (13.48) pretty much sums it up.
It’s true, most of them look glamorous when they put on their work outfits. Fact is that off-duty, without the make-up and in normal clothes, many of them would not attract a second glance.
I’ll say one thing about all of them I’ve spoken to. They are bubbly, sociable, fun people to be with. Every last one of them. But then I try not to be creepy….
The glamour really is not the point.
F1 is a global business. Most of the growth is in China, India, the middle East and other locations where social attitudes are quite different from in this country.
There is a myth among Chinese men that all western women are ‘easy’
see this story:
http://
The author is one of the smartest commentators on China and elsewhere that I read and follow. But because Chinese men see grid girls and others wearing clothes that (to them) signal sexual availability, they think western girls enjoy being raped.
F1 is a global business. They know that having glamorous young women on the grid causes social difficulties in countries that are less sexually-liberated than the UK or Monaco.
I enjoy talking to the grid girls. They enjoy their jobs. Their job is to bring people in; to distribute publicity and to help create a positive impression of their clients. It’s a job, for Chrisssake. It helps them develop their careers on a safe corporate gig. It’s sad that some men objectify those women.
But dressing that way is inappropriate in the F1 growth areas of the world. That, I strongly suspect is the rationale behind this decision. The bosses might spin it as showing more respect to women, but the real reason is probably a bit less noble.
It’s true, most of them look glamorous when they put on their work outfits. Fact is that off-duty, without the make-up and in normal clothes, many of them would not attract a second glance.
I’ll say one thing about all of them I’ve spoken to. They are bubbly, sociable, fun people to be with. Every last one of them. But then I try not to be creepy….
The glamour really is not the point.
F1 is a global business. Most of the growth is in China, India, the middle East and other locations where social attitudes are quite different from in this country.
There is a myth among Chinese men that all western women are ‘easy’
see this story:
http://
The author is one of the smartest commentators on China and elsewhere that I read and follow. But because Chinese men see grid girls and others wearing clothes that (to them) signal sexual availability, they think western girls enjoy being raped.
F1 is a global business. They know that having glamorous young women on the grid causes social difficulties in countries that are less sexually-liberated than the UK or Monaco.
I enjoy talking to the grid girls. They enjoy their jobs. Their job is to bring people in; to distribute publicity and to help create a positive impression of their clients. It’s a job, for Chrisssake. It helps them develop their careers on a safe corporate gig. It’s sad that some men objectify those women.
But dressing that way is inappropriate in the F1 growth areas of the world. That, I strongly suspect is the rationale behind this decision. The bosses might spin it as showing more respect to women, but the real reason is probably a bit less noble.
Assuming you are correct, I think that's a fairly noble reason. They can't keep the girls safe so they will stop employing them. They don't to want their brand associated with that objective attitude to women and the ensuing risk of rape so they are ceasing to present them in a way that may imply that.
I've obviously misunderstood the content of the link posted at 15:02.
I take ita line's been drawn under it and we've moved on, whistling.
I'll go again just in case it was missed in all the hypocrisy. :-)
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I take ita line's been drawn under it and we've moved on, whistling.
I'll go again just in case it was missed in all the hypocrisy. :-)
https:/
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