I’d say that would describe most of the republican men in the House and Senate.

Steward

A few centuries later, that misogynist mind set is still prevalent in most of the american white males here. They pretend to be heterosexual all the time attempting to punish those of their sex who are brave enough to admit they prefer men.

Lilly

/SB

In the ancient Olympic Games athletes would participate in the nude. Did you know the word “gymnasium” comes from the Greek root “gymnos” meaning nude; the literal meaning of “gymnasium” is “school for naked exercise?”

Here’s some other facts about the Olympics you may or may not know. I found some interesting so I thought I would share:

The first recorded ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 BC and were celebrated as a religious festival until 393 AD when the games were banned by emperor Theodosius I. Only free men (not slaves) who spoke Greek could compete. The only way women were able to take part was to enter horses in the equestrian events. There are records of several winning women horse owners. As the owner of the horse teams, they were credited with the victory, though they were most likely not present at the events.

At the first recorded ancient Olympic Games, there was only one event – the stade. The stade was a unit of measurement (about 600 feet) that also became the name of the footrace because it was the distance run. Since the track for the stade (race) was a stade (length), the location of the race became the stadium.

The first “modern” Olympics was in Athens, in 1896. No women competed, as de Coubertin felt that their inclusion would be “impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic, and incorrect.”

It wasn’t until 1900 at the Paris games that women participated for the first time with the inclusion of women’s events in lawn tennis and golf. Women’s athletics and gymnastics debuted at the 1928 Olympics and over time other women’s events were added. In 2012, women’s boxing was introduced, resulting in no remaining sports that do not include events for women. The Paris games in 1900, which had more athletes than spectators, also saw the entry of the first black athlete to compete, Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera, representing France.

The only female competitor not to have to submit to a sex test at the 1976 Summer Olympics was Princess Anne of the UK, who was competing as a member of the UK equestrian team. As the daughter Queen Elizabeth II, such a test was seen as unappropriate.

At the 1996 Atlanta Games, 26 countries did not send women and by the 2008 Beijing Games, only three countries (Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei) did not have female Olympians. I’m happy to say this year, Saudi Arabia is allowing Sarah Attar to compete in the 800m race, and a 16 year old girl, Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani, to participate in Judo. The IJF and Saudi Arabia’s Olympic committee came to an agreement after conceding that Asian judo federations which oversee Muslim countries such as Malaysia make an allowance for judokas who wear the headscarf demanded by some followers of Islam.

In another first, the U.S. presented its first female muslim participant, Ibtihaj Muhammad, in fencing (saber).

So it took a while, but times are changing. One thing I wish hadn’t changed was the competition being held in the nude. To watch all those glistening muscles, meow!

Have a good day everybody!

/SB

I know that you have no intention of limiting commentators on your blog. Why should you?

Although reading through 50 to 117 comments can take up a lot of one’s time, you have offerred a solution for those with Macs to find my comments.

I appreciate that you have addressed this situation.

HOWIE