Pink Offers To Pay 'Sexist' Bikini Fine Of Rs 1.3 Lakh For Norwegian Women's Beach Handball Team
Singer-songwriter Pink has offered to pay a fine issued against the Norwegian female beach handball team, after the team decided to wear shorts in protest of their sexist uniform bikini bottoms at a recent competition.
Singer-songwriter
Pink
has
offered
to
pay
a
fine
issued
against
the
Norwegian
female
beach
handball
team,
after
the
team
decided
to
wear
shorts
in
protest
of
their
sexist
uniform
bikini
bottoms
at
a
recent
competition.
Over
the
weekend,
the
Grammy
Award
winner
tweeted
that
she
is
"VERY
proud"
of
the
team
"for
protesting
the
very
sexist
rules
about
their
'uniform.'"
The
tweet
read,
"I'm
VERY
proud
of
the
Norwegian
female
beach
handball
team
FOR
PROTESTING
THE
VERY
SEXIST
RULES
ABOUT
THEIR
"uniform".
The
European
handball
federation
SHOULD
BE
FINED
FOR
SEXISM.
Good
on
ya,
ladies.
I'll
be
happy
to
pay
your
fines
for
you.
Keep
it
up."
Last
week,
as
the
team
played
at
the
European
Beach
Handball
Championships
in
Bulgaria,
the
penalty
was
levelled
against
them
for
wearing
shorts.
The
European
Handball
Federation
(EHF)
said
that
the
move
had
violated
"athlete
uniform
regulations" dictated
by
the
sport's
international
federation.
I’m
VERY
proud
of
the
Norwegian
female
beach
handball
team
FOR
PROTESTING
THE
VERY
SEXIST
RULES
ABOUT
THEIR
“uniform”.
The
European
handball
federation
SHOULD
BE
FINED
FOR
SEXISM.
Good
on
ya,
ladies.
I’ll
be
happy
to
pay
your
fines
for
you.
Keep
it
up.
However,
after
Pink's
comment,
the
European
Handball
Federation
issued
a
statement
saying
that
it
donated
the
amount
of
the
1,500
euro
fine,
or
approximately
$1,770,
to
a
"major
international
sports
foundation
which
supports
equality
for
women
and
girls
in
sports."
The
Norwegian
female
beach
handball
team
posted
an
Instagram
story
on
Monday
featuring
Pink's
comments,
alongside
a
GIF
of
two
people
hugging.
After
the
game,
the
team
had
proudly
posed
in
the
shorts
for
a
picture
and
shared
it
on
Instagram.
The
caption
read,
"We
really
appreciate
all
the
love
we
have
received."
Reportedly,
the
Norwegian
team
had
asked
the
EHF
ahead
of
the
championships
for
permission
to
wear
shorts,
but
was
told
that
breaking
the
uniform
rules
would
be
punishable
by
fine.
Recently,
another
female
athletes
team
changed
their
uniform
at
the
Olympic
Games
in
Tokyo.
On
Sunday,
the
German
gymnastics
team
wore
unitards
that
stretched
till
their
ankles
as
a
statement
against
the
sexualization
of
women
in
gymnastics.
Notably,
the
older
uniforms
were
bikini-cut
leotards.