Does the public have the right to criticize an Olympian’s weight?
Seems to me that the obvious answer is "no," but I thought I'd throw it out there for discussion:
www.theglobeandmail.com/.../
But it's not her performance that is being criticized, or even the amount of training that she's done. It's how she looks.
Sort of, but she looks out of shape, and that's what people are criticizing. There's an assumption--and it could be wrong--that if you look out of shape then you haven't been training very hard.
But it's not her performance that is being criticized, or even the amount of training that she's done. It's how she looks.
Sort of, but she looks out of shape, and that's what people are criticizing. There's an assumption--and it could be wrong--that if you look out of shape then you haven't been training very hard.
