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Anyone Else Find It Sardonically Amusing That the Tops Worn By the Brazilian Women Volleyball Players Say ?BRA??

By Ann Bartow

Via. Below are pictures depicting the uniform of the male Brazilian volleyball players:

I have to think that if exposing your midriff and upper thighs helped you play better, the men would be doing it too. NB: Brazil is not unique in requiring female volleyball players to compete in bikinis, and this is in fact generally required by the rules.

–Ann Bartow

ETA: The Brazilian uniforms actually offer more coverage than those worn by Team USA:

Full post as published by Feminist Law Professors on August 11, 2008 (boomark / email).