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The Most Memorable Figure Skating Costumes Of All Time

The Huffington Post Canada | Stefani Forster | Posted 03.17.2013 | Canada Style
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As the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships kick into high gear in London, Ontario this weekend, anxious figure skating fans are wondering: Who wil...

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Sexism Skating on Thin Ice

Jarrah Hodge | Posted 03.26.2012 | Canada
Read More: Daisuke Takahashi, Mary Louise Adams, Figure Skating, Gender Stereotypes, Sexism, Homophobia, Queens University, Patrick Chan, Johnny Weir, Effeminate, Elvis Stojko, Canada News
Jarrah Hodge

The World Championships of figure skating start on Wednesday, but figure skating's gender roles are running far behind the times. Women skaters were forced to wear skirts in competition until recently, and the women's long program is thirty seconds shorter than the men's, which has real implications in terms of the scoring.

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