So here is the run down , Canadian Women's Hockey wins the gold. They celebrate with alcohol and cigars , gasp, in public.
The time honored tradition of celebrating a sports championship with alcohol and cigars was alive and well last night after the Canadian women's team defeated the U.S. 2-0 to win their third straight Olympic gold medal. It was a huge party on the ice at Canada Hockey Place and with them winning a gold medal on home soil against their biggest and only rival, you'd have to excuse the Canadian women for being just a tad excited.Male Hockey teams celebrate publicly in this manner as well, but that is beside the point, because they are MEN ( que deep, husky, baritone voice). When a body acts outside of what is expected of them, it suddenly becomes a huge negative, especially when considering gender norms. A senior IOC official says, "I don't think it's a good promotion of sport values", but what I really think she means is "it's a good promotion of [gender] values" because really, the only tradition this hockey team isn't celebrating , is that of traditional women.
And that is the real reason the team is now under investigation.
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2 comments:
Exactly!!
When we live in a culture that revels in public, media-covered, league-sanctioned celebrations exactly like this... it points right to the fact that the gender difference is the ONLY reason it's an issue.
I dunno - what about that guy who was suspended for taking body shots? I think the IOC is just really stingy no matter who's doing what.
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