Thoughts on this quote by Amber
Some recent discussion around her on DWTS made me think of this quote again. I kind of agree with what she’s saying. I don’t know if women would actually get deducted specifically for doing those kinds of moves, because I haven’t seen enough evidence of that, but I do think men often get away with sloppy or excessive acrobatics and are still praised for it (no hate to any of those men, the judging is the issue here). Maybe that’s part of why we don’t see as many gymnastics-like elements in women’s skating, even though women are just as capable of doing them. It’s honestly sad that Amber feels like she has to think about whether doing certain moves would make her seem “unfeminine” in the first place. In her interview with Ilona Maher (I’ll post the snippet in the comments) she said that she never did hitchkicks before because it was seen as masculine. How does this culture change?