Charlene Weaving

Associate Professor Human Kinetics St. Francis Xavier University

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Ensuring Olympic ‘Sex Appeal’ Through Uniforms

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Charlene Weaving St. Francis Xavier University

August 03, 2012
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Ensuring Olympic ‘Sex Appeal’ Through Uniforms uniforms Summer Olympics Sexualization Female Olympians Curator's Note Amongts all the Olympic hype, is the perplexing theme of hypersexualization of female Olympians. There continues to be a a need to e ...

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Beach Volleyball Booming in London

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Charlene Weaving St. Francis Xavier University

Monday, August 6, 2012 — 2:59 pm
Thanks for your comments Maria. According to FIVB regulations, when the weather temps are cold, players are allowed to wear long pants and shirts (but it seems that their bikini/sports bra style of tops need to be worn over-top of a long sleeved shirt). T ...