You don't have to be a huge sports fan to know that women in sports deal with a lot, especially surrounding their bodies. Under the guise of uniform requirements, officials go wild when it comes to policing what women wear. And, unfortunately, high-level organizations aren't free from this type of misogyny. Recently, Norway's handball team was fined for wearing spandex shorts instead of bikini bottoms with their uniforms, despite the fact that the sport's governing body doesn't even know why the bikini bottoms are required in the first place.
During a match against Spain in Bulgaria on Sunday, the Norwegian beach handball team wore thigh-length elastic shorts. That shouldn't cause much of a stir, right? After all, men in the sport can wear shorts as long as 4 inches above the knee, as long as they are "not too baggy." But under the International Handball Federation's regulations, women don't have the same flexibility. Instead, they have to wear bikini bottoms "with a close fit and cut on an upward angle toward the top of the leg."
