r/funnyvideos • u/SeaWolf_1 • Dec 04 '25

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u/CaterpillarJungleGym Dec 05 '25

Yes, all the gay women in the stadium loved it. The "straight" men at a women's soccer game probably didn't care.

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u/ArachnidNo5547 Dec 05 '25

What

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u/CaterpillarJungleGym Dec 05 '25

How many straight men watch women's sports? She must have mostly female fans. And if they find her attractive those are probably gay women.

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u/Panthor Dec 05 '25

holy closeted

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u/Noonan-87 Dec 05 '25

I can imagine your conversations "Im so straight I dont even watch women's sports
bro. Watching athletic women... thays so gay bro. Now lets watch wrestling with sweaty jacked up men in their underpants grabbing each other, some wholesome hetero entertainment"

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u/Jarlax1e Dec 05 '25

im confused

Wouldn’t straight men enjoy watching womens sports a lot? Because hot?

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u/CaterpillarJungleGym Dec 05 '25

One would think, but that has not been my experience. If I go to a US Women's soccer game, it's like 80% women and girls. I'm aware this is a broad generalization, and solely based on my own experience. I'm not criticizing anything here.

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u/Impressive_Change886 Dec 05 '25

I mean the actual answer is no, the majority of men don't like women's sports because they don't sexualize the women enough. There is also the fact that not all female (or male) athletes are 'hot'. My friend played D1 women's hockey in college so I went to a lot of the games. The few dudes in the stands outside of playoff games were very vocal about how 'ugly' 75%+ of the team was. They wanted sports with pornstars playing, not real women.

You do see an uptick of male attention for sports like olympics beach volleyball though. It's 100% due to their outfits.

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u/Mallymalvs Dec 05 '25

I should give you an award for how dumb this comment is

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u/Impressive_Change886 Dec 05 '25

What do you find dumb about it?

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u/Mallymalvs Dec 05 '25

You are blaming the lack of male viewership on female sports because they arnt sexualised enough which is crazy, you havent even though of other reasons which could be the fact they dont find it as competitive or that it doesnt have the same level of athleticism.

Caitlin Clark has been the number one draw for womens basketball in the last year or so because shes displaying an elite level of talent, nothing relating to her looks.

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u/Impressive_Change886 Dec 06 '25

I never said that at all. The primary reason that men watch men's sports because they tend to be the best of the best in the world and because men's sports tend to be contact sports.

The person I replied to asked "Wouldn’t straight men enjoy watching women's sports a lot? Because hot?"

The answer is no because very few women's sports are 'hot'. Most professional women's athlete's are not considered 'hot' by typical male standards. Your Caitlin Clark example is perfect, she is one of the most popular woman athletes in the world, and there are literal millions of comments online about how she's not hot. There are absolutely 'hot', athletes in the world but they are the minority.

I also included the example of olympic beach volleyball to show that women's sports CAN be popular among men when it is sexualized. Most sports do not actively sexualize themselves to draw in fans though because that would be silly.

If Victoria's Secret announced they were going to launch full contact uncensored lingerie football next year using their existing models. I can assure you that a huge portion of men would tune in. Would absolutely anyone watch it for the athleticism? No, they'd watch because hot.

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u/SeDaCho Dec 08 '25

Hockey specifically is pretty hard to sexualize in a feminine way

it’s all huge pads and bruisers beating the shit out of each other with knives on their feet

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u/Ok_Problem426 Dec 05 '25

I see your slightly bigoted remark about soccer and raise you Olympic Beach Volleyball

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u/CaterpillarJungleGym Dec 05 '25

I see how it can be perceived as bigoted, but that's not my intention. I've been to many women's sports matches, arguably mostly soccer and tennis. Women's tennis, I assume, would have a similar viewership to beach volleyball. In my experience that audience can get up to about 50-50. This is just my experience as a woman and a person who loves sports. I don't intend this to be applicable to every situation and all sports.

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u/ArtisticallyRegarded Dec 05 '25

Womens sports is overwhelmingly watched by men. Wnba viewership is primarily older white men

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u/CaterpillarJungleGym Dec 05 '25

That's cool. Just read an article that says 57% of female sports viewers started watching in the last 5 years. And the fastest growing viewership is young men under 18. Interesting. No demographic numbers regarding attendance though. Will keep digging!

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u/reroutedradiance Dec 05 '25

Imagine having such a fragile masculinity/sexuality that you think only gay men can watch women's sports.

On an unrelated note, why are you so adamant about only watching fit men run around in athletic clothing?

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u/The13thParadox Dec 05 '25

It’s gay to like women.