Alex Morgan does it again

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This wasn't any different then Seth Blatter suggesting that women could do more for women's soccer by wearing sexy uniforms.

Or better yet - painted on uniforms!

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This wasn't any different then Seth Blatter suggesting that women could do more for women's soccer by wearing sexy uniforms.

No it is very different. Blather is a single man trying to dictate what all women in FIFA should be doing to promote the sport. This is an individual making a decision to promote herself in a certain way. The was an individual choice to do something some people find offensive but others find appealing as opposed to a dictate by an individual for everyone to do something some of them night find offensive.

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You got it wrong. Beckham was selling underwear and the subliminal message is wear this underwear and be like me, a handsome, fit pro athlete. The subliminal message in Morgan's photo shot is expressed in the comments opening this thread.





Unless you are a gay male, those aren't going to be the type of responses to Beckham's shot. Morgan let herself be portrayed as a sex object in magazine with a predominantly male readership. That's not the opinion of a male chauvinist. That's the opinion of a
female feminist.

I think you are way off on the Beckham subliminal message - either that or all of the women in my office were watching a different commercial.

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I think you are way off on the Beckham subliminal message - either that or all of the women in my office were watching a different commercial.

Ditto that. OP was either a gay woman or a straight guy. Beckham was NOT just selling underwear and "dress like me, be like me" machismo. Sheesh....

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No it is very different. Blather is a single man trying to dictate what all women in FIFA should be doing to promote the sport. This is an individual making a decision to promote herself in a certain way. The was an individual choice to do something some people find offensive but others find appealing as opposed to a dictate by an individual for everyone to do something some of them night find offensive.

BS, Blatter is a man expressing the opinion of many men, the same men who will buy a sports magazine portraying a naked female athlete. BECAUSE SEX SELLS! Do you seriously think the "Hubba hubba" remarks are made because of her goal scoring prowess?

As far as Beckham's underwear commercial, how many women are going out to buy that brand of underwear because Beckham is wearing it?

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BS, Blatter is a man expressing the opinion of many men, the same men who will buy a sports magazine portraying a naked female athlete. BECAUSE SEX SELLS! Do you seriously think the "Hubba hubba" remarks are made because of her goal scoring prowess?

As far as Beckham's underwear commercial, how many women are going out to buy that brand of underwear because Beckham is wearing it?

"They may like to think they wear the pants in their relationship. But the chances are they didn't buy them. Research shows that men shop for their own underpants for only 17 years of their lives. The rest of the time the duty falls to their mothers and then their wives.
According to Debenhams, most


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1226635/Average-male-buys-underwear-17-years-lifetime.html#ixzz1mNBb8q3d"

It is a well known theory in advertising (at least it was when I was in B School) that mens clothing ads should always be adressed to women.

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BS, Blatter is a man expressing the opinion of many men, the same men who will buy a sports magazine portraying a naked female athlete. BECAUSE SEX SELLS! Do you seriously think the "Hubba hubba" remarks are made because of her goal scoring prowess?

Did you even read my post?

The diffence between Blatter and Morgan is that Blatter is a man trying to dictate what many women need to do. Morgan is a woman who decided what she wants to do.

Very big difference.

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"They may like to think they wear the pants in their relationship. But the chances are they didn't buy them. Research shows that men shop for their own underpants for only 17 years of their lives. The rest of the time the duty falls to their mothers and then their wives.
According to Debenhams, most


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1226635/Average-male-buys-underwear-17-years-lifetime.html#ixzz1mNBb8q3d"

It is a well known theory in advertising (at least it was when I was in B School) that mens clothing ads should always be adressed to women.

Right, so women who oogle at Beckham probably aren't going out to buy Beckham underwear, but within that 17 year period when men buy their own, they are buying it thinking they'll look like the Becks in their tighty-whities.

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Did you even read my post?

The diffence between Blatter and Morgan is that Blatter is a man trying to dictate what many women need to do. Morgan is a woman who decided what she wants to do.

Very big difference.

You might be correct if Morgan thought this up on her own, but we know she didn't. No, this was the thoughts of males at SI and as a friend of mine pointed out, when you and I were kids the adolesent boys couldn't wait for the swimsuit edition. Thanks to the internet, today's boys have access to a whole lot more than hot babes in a swimsuit. SI has to compete with that fact.

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porn = the crack cocaine of the genitals.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7K5...layer_embedded

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You might be correct if Morgan thought this up on her own, but we know she didn't. No, this was the thoughts of males at SI and as a friend of mine pointed out, when you and I were kids the adolesent boys couldn't wait for the swimsuit edition. Thanks to the internet, today's boys have access to a whole lot more than hot babes in a swimsuit. SI has to compete with that fact.

Lets see....

Alex Morgan is a professional athlete with (I would assume) a qualified management team of her choosing. Their job is to filter the promotional and endorsement opportunities that are made available to her and present her with those that are in her best interest. These advisors, who she pays, presented this idea to her and she, of her own free will decided to do the shoot.

The editor of the SI swimsuit edition is a woman.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7K5...layer_embedded

Absolutely brilliant.

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At first I thought this thread was going to be interesting - something about how Alex Morgan once again came through in the clutch for the WNT:

http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-...w-Zealand.aspx

Can we talk instead about whether Pia will stick to the 4-2-3-1 formation that puts Cheney in a central playmaking position but keeps Morgan on the bench? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/sp...-olympics.html

Or will Pia switch back to a 4-4-2 that starts Morgan? How can she not start Morgan? Will she put Cheney on the bench again as she did during the regional qualifying tournament? It could happen, no matter that she was a World Cup all-star and the team's best player outside of Wambach and Solo. And what happens with the brilliant Sydney Leroux?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/sp...n-the-gas.html
http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/sto...-jeff-carlisle

Was it wise for Pia to switch Stanford goal-scoring machine and Hermann Trophy winner Kelley O'Hara from forward to fullback? Has Tobin Heath's time come at last?

Is Pia really such an improvement over previous coaches, or have we invented her?

C'mon, people - give me a reason to keep coming back to this site!

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Lets see....

Alex Morgan is a professional athlete with (I would assume) a qualified management team of her choosing. Their job is to filter the promotional and endorsement opportunities that are made available to her and present her with those that are in her best interest. These advisors, who she pays, presented this idea to her and she, of her own free will decided to do the shoot.

The editor of the SI swimsuit edition is a woman.

Hookers are professionals too and Christie Hefner runs the Playboy Enterprises. She and the SI editor are like the cathouse madams, making money off the sex exploitation of other women.