Motherhood/Sports
My Daughter Asked Why We Were Seeing So Many Women’s “Butts” While Watching The Olympics
“I’m really seeing a lot of butts, mom!”
I love watching the Olympics on TV just like so many other people around the world. When I was a young girl I loved it as well — especially women’s figure skating, gymnastics, swimming, and diving.
Imagine my absolute delight when my daughter showed a keen interest in watching some of the Summer Olympic events with me in 2021. I was thrilled!
We started with women’s gymnastics, which she was into for a while. As we watched the gymnasts perform in their usual skin-tight leotards with very little coverage on their backsides, I commented out loud that the women’s German gymnastics team had decided to wear full-body leotards covering their backsides and legs.
My daughter immediately responded to my comment explaining that the leotards were one of the reasons why she had decided to quit gymnastics — because she didn’t like her “butt hanging out all the time.”
She’s 9 years old. This was news to me. I mean, we stopped going to her gymnastics classes when Covid hit because they shut down for months and she found a new sport she loved even more. I had never heard her talk about her…
