In the Olympics- Why do(many of)the women athletes wear makeup when the men do not?

Question

Why do they feel they need makeup even in athletics?

Answer 1

Hoe many men wear make up on a daily basis outside of sports?  I have only noticed it with the female Chinese gymnastics team.  Most others look pretty natural.  But most women wear make up every day..men do not.  Perhaps since they know they are going to be on TV they want to look good.

Answer 2

How do you know the men don't?

Maybe they're just wearing a 'natural' look.

Cheers :-)

Answer 3

I don't see a problem with it at all. If they want to look their best, especially on camera in front of the entire world, then who's to say it's a bad thing? Just because a woman is an athlete doesn't mean she has to look like a tomboy, no different than a woman who works at a blue-collared, labor-intensive job.

Add-on:

To reply to the OP's statement that I was called out on, yes, look your best! No one ever bats an eye when a news anchor wears makeup, be it man or woman, or an actor/actress. It's the same thing! A person who is in front of the camera in front of BILLIONS of people should not be scrutinized for wearing make-up. As far as the guys not doing it, how do you know? Lots of make-up is "natural" these days!

Answer 4

Some showy sports such as gymnastics and synchronized swimming require it. The women are judged on their appearance as well as their performance.

Answer 5

It's all about presentation. You'll want to look your best and more beautiful when you're competing against other people. Besides you do want to look great when there are thousands of photographers taking photos of you holding up your Olympic medal right? =)

Answer 6

So you can tell the difference in their gender, especially some of the Russian women.

Answer 7

why do women going to work wear make up but men dont??

women like to accentuate their features.

men (especially athletic buff men) wouldnt want to go down that road.

also you are rude the person who said about russians, russian people are actually pretty, prettier than the L*****n butch american female athletes.

Answer 8

Lets be quite frank: every woman looks better with a bit of makeup.

I think its sexist of you to imply that women can not manage being girly and wanted to look their best and still be incredible athletes.

Being girly and being an athlete are NOT seperate concepts.