The Woke Olympics

[n_huffhines]

3 months prior to the china virus.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/14/why-more-women-are-working-in-the-us-than-men.html

But how does a slightly larger female work force mean our culture is run "entirely" by women?

 

[Boca Vol]

They should just shut up and show the sports. I'm not streaming aquatics to listen to talking heads discuss other sports between dives.

That's a novel concept which I'm certain has never crossed their minds. I remember watching the college football champ. game this past Jan. on the Skycam Channel. The audio was the in-stadium audio. No announcers. It was fantastic.

 

[Vollifer1949]

But how does a slightly larger female work force mean our culture is run "entirely" by women?

From the article.....

According to the Economic Policy Institute, men make up 77% of employment in construction and manufacturing sectors, while women make up 77% of employment in education and healthcare sectors. When looking at the growth rate of these industries, construction and manufacturing added 356,000 jobs to the economy between 2018 and 2019. Meanwhile, education and healthcare added 603,000 jobs to the economy during the same time period.

Economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics credit the decline of manufacturing jobs to several factors, including trade war issues with China and a shift in skills needed, putting more men who had once been qualified enough to work in the industry out of work. “Between 2000 and 2017, as employment rates declined in the manufacturing sector, college-educated men saw their annual work hours reduced by 7.4%, compared with a 0.7% reduction for college-educated women,” the BLS reports.

For instance, women now make up 13.8% of mining and logging jobs, which is up from 12.6% a year ago, reports Bloomberg. And with a tight labor market that includes more employers being hungry for talent, Pollak says many industries are widening their net and creating flexible opportunities that allow women who left the workforce for motherhood to re-enter.

“Whenever you have these economic shifts, they also tend to cause cultural shifts too,” she adds. So in addition to seeing more women entering the workforce, Pollak says that the latest jobs report could also point to more men being willing to stay at home.

According to data from Pew Research Center, the number of stay-at-home dads between 1989 and 2016 had almost doubled from 4% to 7%. Meanwhile, the number of stay-at-home moms remained almost unchanged, with a slight decrease from 28% in 1989 to 27% in 2016.

“We’re noticing that it’s increasingly becoming cool to be a stay-at-home dad,” she says, “which is allowing women, in some cases, to go to work.”

 

[BreatheUT]

I don't mean to be a cynic, ok yes I do but it's funny how they are heralding Biles and Osaka has heros, and mentioning Michael Phelps. "They" always like to conflate two issues that are rarely the same.

Biles, Osaka = Phelps
Gay rights, illegal immigration = civil rights movement
Etc

They take one legitmate argument and attach it to other weak arguments to legitimize the bad argument.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

PIERS MORGAN: Sorry Simone Biles, but there’s nothing heroic or brave about Quitting because you’re not having ‘fun’ – you let down your team-mates, your fans and your country

Simone Biles has her own leotard line.

She designed it herself to inspire other athletes all over the world - and sells them through GK Elite Sportswear for up to $390 a piece.

Biles proudly wore several leotards from her own collection at last month's US Gymnastics Championships; one white and lilac, the other black.

But they had an extra detail not available to the public – a rhinestone symbol of a goat, on the shoulder of her white leotard and the hip of the black one.

Biles didn't choose a goat to personify her brand because they're her favourite animal.

She chose it because in sporting terms, it stands for G.O.A.T. or Greatest Of All Time.

I like my sporting champions to be cocky little devils, especially when they've got the ability and medals to back up the rhetoric.

And they don't get much cockier than Ms Biles.

'You're the most unbeatable athlete in the history of athletics, right?' I said.

'Yeah,' she agreed, without a moment's pause.

'Who's going to beat you at the 2020 Olympics, Simone?' I asked.

'No-one,' interrupted British gymnast Max Whitlock, sitting next to her, and they both fell about laughing.

But it turned out there was someone – herself.

But rather than dust herself down and battle on for Gold, as she did in 2018, she did something which absolutely staggered me.

She quit.

Biles said she wasn't carrying an injury. 'Physically, I feel good, I'm in shape,' she said. 'Emotionally, that kind of varies on the time and moment. Coming to the Olympics and being head star isn't an easy feat.' Head star… hmmm, there's that GOAT ego rearing its head again. But if you're going to call yourself the Greatest of All Time and 'head star' then you're putting a lot of that pressure on yourself, aren't you?

The world's greatest ever gymnast, a woman who proudly told me how she fought back after making big mistakes to win Gold, just gave up at the first hurdle of these Olympics.

She left her team to fight on without their leader and supreme motivational champion, and rather than win the Gold medal they were hot favourites to win, they came second to the Russians.

Then Biles said something really extraordinary and illuminating: 'I feel like I'm also not having as much fun. This Olympic Games, I wanted it to be for myself, but I came in and I felt like I was still doing it for other people. It hurts my heart that doing what I love has been kind of taken away from me to please other people.'

Sorry, WHAT?

You're not just at these Games for yourself, Simone.

And when you quit, you were performing as part of a gymnastics team, not yourself.

PIERS MORGAN: Selfish Simone Biles let down her team-mates, her fans and her country | Daily Mail Online

 

[utvolpj]

Women dominate Team USA at Tokyo Olympics: America’s Olympics squad by the numbers

Multiple team sports than don't have a male counterpart are the likely reason. Softball, soccer, etc

 

[DinkinFlicka]

PIERS MORGAN: Sorry Simone Biles, but there’s nothing heroic or brave about Quitting because you’re not having ‘fun’ – you let down your team-mates, your fans and your country

Simone Biles has her own leotard line.

She designed it herself to inspire other athletes all over the world - and sells them through GK Elite Sportswear for up to $390 a piece.

Biles proudly wore several leotards from her own collection at last month's US Gymnastics Championships; one white and lilac, the other black.

But they had an extra detail not available to the public – a rhinestone symbol of a goat, on the shoulder of her white leotard and the hip of the black one.

Biles didn't choose a goat to personify her brand because they're her favourite animal.

She chose it because in sporting terms, it stands for G.O.A.T. or Greatest Of All Time.

I like my sporting champions to be cocky little devils, especially when they've got the ability and medals to back up the rhetoric.

And they don't get much cockier than Ms Biles.

'You're the most unbeatable athlete in the history of athletics, right?' I said.

'Yeah,' she agreed, without a moment's pause.

'Who's going to beat you at the 2020 Olympics, Simone?' I asked.

'No-one,' interrupted British gymnast Max Whitlock, sitting next to her, and they both fell about laughing.

But it turned out there was someone – herself.

But rather than dust herself down and battle on for Gold, as she did in 2018, she did something which absolutely staggered me.

She quit.

Biles said she wasn't carrying an injury. 'Physically, I feel good, I'm in shape,' she said. 'Emotionally, that kind of varies on the time and moment. Coming to the Olympics and being head star isn't an easy feat.' Head star… hmmm, there's that GOAT ego rearing its head again. But if you're going to call yourself the Greatest of All Time and 'head star' then you're putting a lot of that pressure on yourself, aren't you?

The world's greatest ever gymnast, a woman who proudly told me how she fought back after making big mistakes to win Gold, just gave up at the first hurdle of these Olympics.

She left her team to fight on without their leader and supreme motivational champion, and rather than win the Gold medal they were hot favourites to win, they came second to the Russians.

Then Biles said something really extraordinary and illuminating: 'I feel like I'm also not having as much fun. This Olympic Games, I wanted it to be for myself, but I came in and I felt like I was still doing it for other people. It hurts my heart that doing what I love has been kind of taken away from me to please other people.'

Sorry, WHAT?

You're not just at these Games for yourself, Simone.

And when you quit, you were performing as part of a gymnastics team, not yourself.

PIERS MORGAN: Selfish Simone Biles let down her team-mates, her fans and her country | Daily Mail Online

Piers Morgan still has a job?

 

[DinkinFlicka]

This is my opinion. I made a statement about it, I didn't tag or respond to anyone when I stated my opinion. I was laughed at and then questioned. I stated I wasn't into changing anyone's opinion. Then you jumped in. Here we are. It was a simple opinion. Nothing more.

First time in a **forum**?

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Just for my simple mind... can you explain the joke behind "Rappinhoe?"

I didn't know how to spell it's name and I didn't feel like looking it up. I find her a disgusting individual.

And you might find this shocking, but I am OK if you don't.

 

[AshG]

This is my opinion. I made a statement about it, I didn't tag or respond to anyone when I stated my opinion. I was laughed at and then questioned. I stated I wasn't into changing anyone's opinion. Then you jumped in. Here we are. It was a simple opinion. Nothing more.

Welcome to VolNation Politics. You have to be prepared to fight for what you think, and the posters who will ad hominem and outgroup you without a second thought will be easily recognizable. Then there are the posters who will hold you to the fire but mean well; those people are golden.

Be kind and genuine and ignore the actual haters and you'll be fine.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

I didn't know how to spell it's name and I didn't feel like looking it up. I find her a disgusting individual.

And you might find this shocking, but I am OK if you don't.

I was just curious.

I do find it interesting that you can't spell her name even though I'd bet my bottom dollar you have read her name a hundred times more than you've heard it.

 

[Grand Vol]

For instance, women now make up 13.8% of mining and logging jobs, which is up from 12.6% a year ago, reports Bloomberg.

Why do I get the feeling women who are miners and loggers are rougher than 20 grit sandpaper?

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Welcome to VolNation Politics. You have to be prepared to fight for what you think, and the posters who will ad hominem and outgroup you without a second thought will be easily recognizable. Then there are the posters who will hold you to the fire but mean well; those people are golden.

Be kind and genuine and ignore the actual haters and you'll be fine.

Basically what you mean is pepperjax is cool as fug right?

 

[VolStrom]

Basically what you mean is pepperjax is cool as fug right?

No what he means is all of us are haters, we just have different tactics that we use to deploy that hate.

 

[GreyWolf1129]

PIERS MORGAN: Sorry Simone Biles, but there’s nothing heroic or brave about Quitting because you’re not having ‘fun’ – you let down your team-mates, your fans and your country

Simone Biles has her own leotard line.

She designed it herself to inspire other athletes all over the world - and sells them through GK Elite Sportswear for up to $390 a piece.

Biles proudly wore several leotards from her own collection at last month's US Gymnastics Championships; one white and lilac, the other black.

But they had an extra detail not available to the public – a rhinestone symbol of a goat, on the shoulder of her white leotard and the hip of the black one.

Biles didn't choose a goat to personify her brand because they're her favourite animal.

She chose it because in sporting terms, it stands for G.O.A.T. or Greatest Of All Time.

I like my sporting champions to be cocky little devils, especially when they've got the ability and medals to back up the rhetoric.

And they don't get much cockier than Ms Biles.

'You're the most unbeatable athlete in the history of athletics, right?' I said.

'Yeah,' she agreed, without a moment's pause.

'Who's going to beat you at the 2020 Olympics, Simone?' I asked.

'No-one,' interrupted British gymnast Max Whitlock, sitting next to her, and they both fell about laughing.

But it turned out there was someone – herself.

But rather than dust herself down and battle on for Gold, as she did in 2018, she did something which absolutely staggered me.

She quit.

Biles said she wasn't carrying an injury. 'Physically, I feel good, I'm in shape,' she said. 'Emotionally, that kind of varies on the time and moment. Coming to the Olympics and being head star isn't an easy feat.' Head star… hmmm, there's that GOAT ego rearing its head again. But if you're going to call yourself the Greatest of All Time and 'head star' then you're putting a lot of that pressure on yourself, aren't you?

The world's greatest ever gymnast, a woman who proudly told me how she fought back after making big mistakes to win Gold, just gave up at the first hurdle of these Olympics.

She left her team to fight on without their leader and supreme motivational champion, and rather than win the Gold medal they were hot favourites to win, they came second to the Russians.

Then Biles said something really extraordinary and illuminating: 'I feel like I'm also not having as much fun. This Olympic Games, I wanted it to be for myself, but I came in and I felt like I was still doing it for other people. It hurts my heart that doing what I love has been kind of taken away from me to please other people.'

Sorry, WHAT?

You're not just at these Games for yourself, Simone.

And when you quit, you were performing as part of a gymnastics team, not yourself.

PIERS MORGAN: Selfish Simone Biles let down her team-mates, her fans and her country | Daily Mail Online

Piers should have been on our archery team, because that arrow was on the mark.

 

[VolStrom]

Piers should have been on our archery team, because that arrow was on the mark.

I can honestly say that until now I've never witnessed one single olympian, much less a top tier athlete, quit because of "mental health" issues.

 

[AshG]

I can honestly say that until now I've never witnessed one single olympian, much less a top tier athlete, quit because of "mental health" issues.

No, because the mental health issues are generally hidden behind alcohol or drugs use, sexual addiction/infidelity, financial trouble, and other masking events.

Simone had the fortitude to be honest and skip the self-medication.

And let's be honest here: the Venn Diagram of posters who are clowning Simone Biles and mental health intersects the Venn Diagram of posters who have no problem insulting and outgrouping others in this forum in almost a perfect circle. Hard to listen to people talk about mental health who have no issues harassing others.

 

[Boca Vol]

Piers Morgan still has a job?

Why wouldn't he? Because he dared to question Meghan and the CC went nuts?

 

[allvol123]

I can honestly say that until now I've never witnessed one single olympian, much less a top tier athlete, quit because of "mental health" issues.

I tried to think of an example last night and couldnt come up with one.

Sports are often compared to battle or war, just without the killing and maiming part. That is part of what attracts the fans. They never say die attitude. The willing yourself beyond exhaustion to beat another.

Nothing about this speaks of sport I grew up viewing. To defend it, strike that, more like celebrate it, shows the depths to which we have sunk.

 

[AshG]

I tried to think of an example last night and couldnt come up with one.

Sports are often compared to battle or war, just without the killing and maiming part. That is part of what attracts the fans. They never say die attitude. The willing yourself beyond exhaustion to beat another.

Nothing about this speaks of sport I grew up viewing. To defend it, strike that, more like celebrate it, shows the depths to which we have sunk.

Or the fact that we now value longevity and intelligence over career ending pointless sacrifice.

 

[allvol123]

Or the fact that we now value longevity and intelligence over career ending pointless sacrifice.

Yes, her staying out there would have taken years off her life.

To push yourself, to beat off what you find uncomfortable, is not pointless. It is a valuable life skill.

 

[utvolpj]

I can honestly say that until now I've never witnessed one single olympian, much less a top tier athlete, quit because of "mental health" issues.

Some NFL player quit at halftime. Since have "wandered off" and missed games. There have also been several suicides

 

[AshG]

Yes, her staying out there would have taken years off her life.

To push yourself, to beat off what you find uncomfortable, is not pointless. It is a valuable life skill.

She's done that. In spades. What does she owe you?

 

[VolStrom]

Or the fact that we now value longevity and intelligence over career ending pointless sacrifice.

If you ever held a real job at a real for profit company you would know what stress is. Grow a pair and suck it up and do what you're paid to do, that's the message.

 

[golfballs]

No, because the mental health issues are generally hidden behind alcohol or drugs use, sexual addiction/infidelity, financial trouble, and other masking events.

Simone had the fortitude to be honest and skip the self-medication.

And let's be honest here: the Venn Diagram of posters who are clowning Simone Biles and mental health intersects the Venn Diagram of posters who have no problem insulting and outgrouping others in this forum in almost a perfect circle. Hard to listen to people talk about mental health who have no issues harassing others.

That's a new argument. Simone quit during competition because if she kept going then she'd become a destitute drug-addled nympho