DISGUSTED WITH MEDIA'S PREOCCUPATION WITH SEX

For some reason, whether I happen to be watching women's golf, tennis, beach volleyball, or any other sport involving members of the fairer sex, the announcer, usually a female also, has to tell me that not only is the competitor a good athlete in some way, she's also "very attractive."

The media must figure we males as nothing but ignorant dolts. Only concerned with ogling and other carnal desires. Do they think we watch this stuff just to see a finely proportioned female, her breasts heaving. Her firm buns barely covered by her sports thong. Her finely tones thighs and calves.

It's the drama of competition we watch these events for. We understand that a highly trained female tennis player sometimes has to make adjustments. Just as a baseball player does. We know that a female golf professional in her tight skirt has to bend over to pick up her golf ball just like a male. It is disrespectful to we males that the media thinks it has to make everything involving females into some kind of sexual adventure.

In many cases, there are legitimate reasons for females to be scantily clad that have nothing to do with titillation. As in the picture at the top of this Speak. These wholesome young ladies were attending Christian fitness conference. They were couped up inside all day so they decided in the interest of good health, they would put on their swimsuits, go outside and replenish their body's supply of vitamin D.

I commend them for their commitment to good health and see nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, I think more young women should make sure they get enough vitamin D. And I don't need the media making their sexist comments each time these wholesome young Americans practice physical fitness.