Submitted by MitchTobol on

A new issue for the election

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A 63 year oid man, Alan Sorrentino, sent a letter to a small (5,000 circ.) Rhode Island newspaper criticizing women who wear yoga pants in public. He described yoga pants as "stinky, tacky, ridiculous looking."

 

"They do nothing to compliment a woman over 20 years old,” he wrote in the letter, which was published on Wednesday. “In fact, the look is bad. Do yourself a favor, grow up and stop wearing them in public."

 

By the following Monday, the letter was posted around the world and throughout social media. Sorrentino received death threats and compared them to those he had received in the past as an openly gay man.

 

A "Yoga Pants Parade" was staged last Sunday where hundreds of people marched past Sorrentino's house holding up signs reading, "we wear what we want" and "love yourself."

 

Jamie Burke, who organized the protest said, "This was not about a bunch of ladies parading around for their right to wear yoga pants, It was men and women standing up against casual sexism and the policing of women's bodies."

 

Sorrentino had a different view of the protesters. "They should really take a good look at themselves, and do a little introspection and just calm down and leave people alone. If you have got something to say write it down, and you don't go terrorize people in their home."

 

Where do you think the candidates stand on this issue?

Comments

Fred Klein

I can't wait for this interminable election cycle to run its course.

Submitted by RobertOlivari on Fri, 10/28/2016 - 23:30

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Bob Olivari

Trump...everything politically correct is wrong; his comments about rating women by their physical appearance are well known. Clinton...it's about body shaming women.
Corey Bearak

I go case by case but generally advise folks garb themselves to flatter themselves and I admit i sometimes fail to follow my own "rule."
Cayce Crown

People can wear whatever they want without fear of hostility, I hope both candidates recognize that. As you presented bullying often leads to more bullying...

Submitted by GeneBraunstein on Sat, 10/29/2016 - 02:07

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Gene Braunstein

Yoga pants are "stinky"? How close is he getting to these people?
Paul Napolitano

My wife looks great in yoga pants. Cory Bearak looks great in yoga pants. I say live and let live.

Submitted by NeilHollander on Sat, 10/29/2016 - 08:18

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Neil Hollander

Let's see .....Hillary in Yoga Pants ? If the Statue of Liberty is a 4 then Hillary in Yoga Pants must be a ......you think I'm crazy enough to demonstrate misogynist behavior on this site ? Without going into anatomy my wife looks great in Yoga pants . It's all about that line from the gluteus maximus and how it meets up with the semitendinosus semimembranosus at the juncture of the gastrocnemius at the Achilles' tendon . That line determines if you will wear yoga pants to the grocery store or to the gym . Donald believes Milania looks good in Yoga pants . Bill ? Believes Milania looks great in Yoga pants ! Am I in trouble yet ?

Hollander sends

Submitted by Fred on Sat, 10/29/2016 - 10:16

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Fred Klein

How does Archet look in yoga pants?

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