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In the immortal words of Nigel Tufnell, 'Sexy? What's wrong with being sexy?'
In the immortal words of Nigel Tufnell, 'Sexy? What's wrong with being sexy?'
Closing The Door on Women
- Thread starter Aight
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(Another female p.o.v)
Right... so you're saying paintball is sexist?? Then why is it one of very very few sports that allows women and men to play together?? (That came out wrong...!)
In all other sports women and men are segregated, presumably due to the size, skill, etc; I personally feel that allowing women and men to share the field without any prejudice is one step closer to 'equality'.
As for PGI, I have never found it to be overly sexist; sexism comes in way more forms that just magazines... Aight, though you may find some things about it offence, you must remember that it obviously has to cater for the 99% of the audience - guys.
Sarah xxx
ps. I would not be adverse to being in a magazine! It's gotta be a great ego boost for the girls involved, and what they wanna do - they're clearly not being exploited. If they're doing what they enjoy, sack it, let 'em!!
Right... so you're saying paintball is sexist?? Then why is it one of very very few sports that allows women and men to play together?? (That came out wrong...!)
In all other sports women and men are segregated, presumably due to the size, skill, etc; I personally feel that allowing women and men to share the field without any prejudice is one step closer to 'equality'.As for PGI, I have never found it to be overly sexist; sexism comes in way more forms that just magazines... Aight, though you may find some things about it offence, you must remember that it obviously has to cater for the 99% of the audience - guys.
Sarah xxx
ps. I would not be adverse to being in a magazine! It's gotta be a great ego boost for the girls involved, and what they wanna do - they're clearly not being exploited. If they're doing what they enjoy, sack it, let 'em!!
How about a 'Women of P8ntballer' section in next months PGI?
Send your pics to me and I'll pass them on to Ant.......
Paul
Send your pics to me and I'll pass them on to Ant.......
Paul
Do you a good deal on a larger, high definition monitor if you wantOriginally posted by Paul Collier
How about a 'Women of P8ntballer' section in next months PGI?
Send your pics to me and I'll pass them on to Ant.......
Paul
Strongl makes a good point, after wandering in the wilderness of digression.
We have all these models at national events selling stuff, but they are almost the only women there. Hiring half the local strip clubs' staff to sell Nexed or Empire or whatever appeals to the side of us that wants to share Robbo's delusion of being desirable to the opposite sex, at least in part because we are bad mother (shut your mouth)- I'm talking about paintball.
I think he (strongl) is right on about the perception of paintball by the public. It is about one step more athletic in most people's minds than Warhammer 40K, which is this thing where you paint little action figure type models then fight with them. At least we get bruised up, but that just means we're crazy. Without the bruizes, would we be Laser Tag?
It doesn't seem too far out that people could come from outside the sport and watch and come to admire some of us as athletes, but so far, the only outside spectators have been sort of ambushed by tournaments plopping down on their beach or park. I mean, NASCAR is really sexy to some women, and you can hardly even see those guys! Yet spectators don't often make paintball their destination. Perhaps it is awareness, perhaps it is the atmosphere...
Women who play are not quiting paintball, apparently, due to the "sex-sells" thing. But women who might watch might get turned off. A tournament can be pretty testosteroni anyhow. The reaction of most people exposed to tournament paintball now is probably one of surprise, discovering this subculture. Deciding where it fits into their world will be determined in part by the trade shows. Is it polo and yachting, or WWF and crash-up-derby?
One more thought in this line of digression: how long are we going to be perceived as an extreme sport when it soaks in that our injuries are mostly trivial, that people only die incidentally while participating, and that in fact, it is safer , when all safety procedures are observed, than knitting?
This all goes fairly far afield, I guess, but the original question is regarding how paintball's hottie sales models affect our image/ ability to appeal to the uninitiated. It does impact our image, after all. Do we care?
Baca- a) TJ's stash is protected by only the CIA knows what kind of high tech traps and ninja robots, I wouldn't dare; and b) not the kind I had in mind, although for a sadistic frustration release fantasy, that scenario also has some merit- I mean shame on you! Bad cow!
We have all these models at national events selling stuff, but they are almost the only women there. Hiring half the local strip clubs' staff to sell Nexed or Empire or whatever appeals to the side of us that wants to share Robbo's delusion of being desirable to the opposite sex, at least in part because we are bad mother (shut your mouth)- I'm talking about paintball.
I think he (strongl) is right on about the perception of paintball by the public. It is about one step more athletic in most people's minds than Warhammer 40K, which is this thing where you paint little action figure type models then fight with them. At least we get bruised up, but that just means we're crazy. Without the bruizes, would we be Laser Tag?
It doesn't seem too far out that people could come from outside the sport and watch and come to admire some of us as athletes, but so far, the only outside spectators have been sort of ambushed by tournaments plopping down on their beach or park. I mean, NASCAR is really sexy to some women, and you can hardly even see those guys! Yet spectators don't often make paintball their destination. Perhaps it is awareness, perhaps it is the atmosphere...
Women who play are not quiting paintball, apparently, due to the "sex-sells" thing. But women who might watch might get turned off. A tournament can be pretty testosteroni anyhow. The reaction of most people exposed to tournament paintball now is probably one of surprise, discovering this subculture. Deciding where it fits into their world will be determined in part by the trade shows. Is it polo and yachting, or WWF and crash-up-derby?
One more thought in this line of digression: how long are we going to be perceived as an extreme sport when it soaks in that our injuries are mostly trivial, that people only die incidentally while participating, and that in fact, it is safer , when all safety procedures are observed, than knitting?
This all goes fairly far afield, I guess, but the original question is regarding how paintball's hottie sales models affect our image/ ability to appeal to the uninitiated. It does impact our image, after all. Do we care?
Baca- a) TJ's stash is protected by only the CIA knows what kind of high tech traps and ninja robots, I wouldn't dare; and b) not the kind I had in mind, although for a sadistic frustration release fantasy, that scenario also has some merit- I mean shame on you! Bad cow!
Nice one Gyro, hey you playing with the Sharpshooters in Miami
Tell em the crazy fool with the Honda in London say's hello.
Tell em the crazy fool with the Honda in London say's hello.