Formula One Outfits Too Conservative

Mx, the free daily railway rag for Sydney commuters, has lived up to its expectation of offending half of the world’s population.

The article ‘Grid-locked look’ that appeared in the Wednesday 24/03 edition was about the launch of the new Formula One uniforms in Melbourne.

Other than offering some candid insights into Australian designer Kit Willow’s design, it argues that feminism should be put aside so that blokes can enjoy a good perve.

“Having sexy ladies waving flags in tacky garb is an F1 tradition,” wrote Anna Brain, author of the ‘mx Juice’ section.

She reminisces of when women dressed like beer mats showing a bit of skin.

“You might argue they don’t necessarily further the feminist cause, but there’s no denying they are easy on the eye.”

Well if they are “easy on the eye”, then forget about equality for women. At least the blokes can enjoy the outfits while their wife fetches them a beer from the kitchen.

It uses the traditional mx-formula of accompanying an offensive article with a photo of women flaunting their body, in an attempt to daze the reader into forgetting the offense.

However, all this offense to women is sewn up in the final paragraph.

“At least F1 garb Down Under is somewhat more conservative than that of our US counterparts, who favour string bikinis and star-spangled stripped boots.”

How dare they? How backward and offensive toward women.

What is “somewhat more conservative”, the short shorts hugging their cheeks, or the in-your-face cleavage?