Based on the covers of the official USMS magazine, "Swim," you'd think that swimming is a woman's sport. It seems like the cover always features women swimmers. Is this because covers with male swimmers don't sell magazines? Don't men deserve equal time in representing our sport?
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I'm probably showing what a dork I am, but this one got me interested, so I got out the old magazines and did some research...yes, I'm one of the weirdos who happens to keep them. Some I am missing, but from '01 on we have
Swim Magazine:
2001
march/april: male
may/june: female
july/aug: male
sept/oct: female
nov/dec: female
02
jan/feb: female
mar/april: female
may/june: female
july/aug: male
sept/oct: female
nov/dec: male
03
jan/feb: female
may/jun: male
july/aug: female
sept/oct: male
nov/dec: female
04
mar/april: male
may/june: male
july/aug: female
sept/oct: female
nov/dec: male
05
jan/feb: male
magazine changes to USMS Swimmer
march/april: male
may/june: male & female
july/august: male
sept/oct: male
nov/dec: female
06
jan/feb: male
march/april: female
may/june: males
july/august: female
sept/oct: male
nov/dec: female
07
jan/feb: female
So, going back 6 years we have:
16 male
17 female
1 both
my sister was right, i'm a weirdo
I'm probably showing what a dork I am, but this one got me interested, so I got out the old magazines and did some research...yes, I'm one of the weirdos who happens to keep them. Some I am missing, but from '01 on we have
Swim Magazine:
2001
march/april: male
may/june: female
july/aug: male
sept/oct: female
nov/dec: female
02
jan/feb: female
mar/april: female
may/june: female
july/aug: male
sept/oct: female
nov/dec: male
03
jan/feb: female
may/jun: male
july/aug: female
sept/oct: male
nov/dec: female
04
mar/april: male
may/june: male
july/aug: female
sept/oct: female
nov/dec: male
05
jan/feb: male
magazine changes to USMS Swimmer
march/april: male
may/june: male & female
july/august: male
sept/oct: male
nov/dec: female
06
jan/feb: male
march/april: female
may/june: males
july/august: female
sept/oct: male
nov/dec: female
07
jan/feb: female
So, going back 6 years we have:
16 male
17 female
1 both
my sister was right, i'm a weirdo
