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[aboxofchocolates]

Thanks for keeping the double standards alive, Canada! There's nothing like keeping double standards alive to spark patriotism!!

http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/oh_noes_someone_forgot_to_tell_the_canadians_theyre_women/

[Olivencia]

Women acting like men again....this is why I didn't bother watching the Olympics (the female events anyway).

[aboxofchocolates]

[Olivencia]

No, but I visited twice

[Street Magic]

My first impression of this story was sexism (although keep in mind I didn't experience any of it or the televised reactions to it firsthand since I find the concept of athletics to be a disgustingly popular retard circus show meant to facilitate that special kind of bonding where quasi-sentient primates relate to each other's failure to place the faculty of conscious reflection above impulses in the league of feces flinging, fur grooming, and territorial urination), but I've since remembered coming across stories about the NFL's strict touchdown celebration rules as well as the absurd media frenzy over Michael Phelps having toked a bong while sitting down calmly and doing nothing at a completely off hours party. I kind of hope it is more an issue of sexist double standards though because that would mean that people don't actually care as much about smoking and drinking and "think of the children" as issues in themselves anymore.

[mc_jc]

What's wrong with women having a few drinks and smoking some bud?

I see Korean women drink way more than these women and smoke like chimneys...so what's the difference?

[Olivencia]

It's not so bad they want to drink beer but the way in which they did so.....really uncouth - and of course downright unfeminine. But I guess it goes with the territtory. They want to play these men's games so it is no surprise.

[.38 Special]

Now Boxie, you know that I'm secretly in love with you and all (it's still a secret, even after publishing it on the net), but I think the article is missing the point: They were drinking and smoking out on the ice for all the world to see. Nothing wrong with that in of itself, except a substantial lack of modesty -- a virtue becoming of men and women.

But, Hell, I'd party with hockey players any old time. I dated a rugby player once. She was not one to be trifled with and a damned good woman to boot. But I just don't see anything positive in flaunting your victory on the field in such a way.

It's arrogant, a little tasteless, a bad example for young people, and definitely not a matter of gender (unless someone construes it as such in their terror of women smoking tobacco and wearing trousers).

[Moldy Rutabaga]

[peppermint]

From what I understand, the celebration didn't hit the ice until about a half hour after the game, when the stands were empty except for a few media stragglers. The real class act in this story is the media outlet who caught a moment of joy and tried to turn it into a scandal.

[aboxofchocolates]

[aboxofchocolates]

[mc_jc]

I believe in equality, simple as that.
If a woman wants to celebrate the same way as a man, let them.
As someone had asked- is this the Victorian-era?
If it were a men's team celebrating, I don't think it would be as news worthy.

Besides, Canadian women still look hot, even if they're smoking a blunt.

[Steelrails]

Well at least they went one way or the other. Either be old-fashioned and all that with your celebrations or smoke a cigar the size of a 30mm cannon round and booze it up. Either be The Judge or be Al Czervik. It all depends on your team's personality too. Are you a classy outfit of hard-working professionals like the 2004 Pistons or are you the 86-87 New York Mets?

Best celebration I saw was after the Tigers when the 2006 ALDS against the Yankees and the players all came out and sprayed the fans with the champagne and partied with them.

[Fox]

I don't really follow the olympics. Are there comparable examples of men doing things like smoking cigars and drinking champagne straight from the bottle on the playing field -- even after the event -- that were excused? If so, yeah, it's a double standard. If not, it's not a double standard, it's just a standard.