Women's Sports Uniform Debate - Behind the News

Recently there’s been a bit of controversy about women’s sports uniforms. A Norwegian handball team was fined for wearing shorts instead of Bikini bottoms, which made many people angry and prompted pop-star Pink to offer to pay the fine. Then, Germany’s Olympic gymnasts made headlines for their unusual full-body unitards which many see as taking a stand against sexist uniforms. As Amelia finds out, the debate about unequal uniform standards has been going for a long time.

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