Little Beijing Action
Two days ago Times Online guy Matthew Syed posted the most unusual and amusing article I've read anywhere about the Beijing Olympics, called "Sex and the Olympic City." It's actually a kind of a history piece -- an acknowledgement of the "furnace of sexual energy" that Olympic athletes have revelled in for decades, and perhaps (who knows?) centuries.
"Why do sportsmen and women have such explosive libidos?," he asks. "I am not implying, for one moment, that every athlete in Beijing is at it. Just that 99 per cent of them are." Would the TV guys ever touch this subject with a 20-foot pole? Would MSNBC's bubbly right-wing Olympics anchorperson Tamron Hall even joke about it?
"It is worth noting an intriguing dichotomy between the sexes in respect of all this coupling," Syed writes. "The chaps who win gold medals -- even those as geeky as Michael Phelps -- are the principal objects of desire for many female athletes. There is something about sporting success that makes a certain type of woman go crazy -- smiling, flirting and sometimes even grabbing at the chaps who have done the business in the pool or on the track. An Olympic gold medal is not merely a route to fame and fortune; it is also a surefire ticket to writhe."
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 24, 2008 at 3:59 PM
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DarthCorleone says ...
This article received no comment love, but I enjoyed the read. Thanks, Mr. Wells.
As far as anything substantive to add...as a former swimmer, I can tell you that particular sport at least is a powderkeg for hormones going all the way back to their age group competition days. Coed competitions and overnight road trips abound - not to mention the fact that they have an excuse to see each other half-naked all the time during practice and at meets.
But, yeah, all the reasons cited for the big Olympic orgy make sense.
Posted by DarthCorleone at August 24, 2008 10:08 PM
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Aladdin Sane says ...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this the first post you've made about the Olympics?
I read the story earlier, and I would imagine it to be true. Lots of young people and lots of energy. It ain't exactly rocket science.
Posted by Aladdin Sane at August 25, 2008 1:33 AM
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