{"id":26565,"date":"2018-02-02T14:33:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T13:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/02\/02\/grid-girls-f1-follows-darts-by-calling-time-on-women-in-hotpants\/"},"modified":"2018-02-02T14:33:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T13:33:45","slug":"grid-girls-f1-follows-darts-by-calling-time-on-women-in-hotpants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=26565","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Grid girls&#039;: F1 follows darts by calling time on women in hotpants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>F1 boss says practice of parading women in pit lane before races no longer reflects sport\u2019s brand valuesIn 2018, in a world where powerful men are falling and every industry is rocked by allegations of sexual harassment, the use of women as decoration feels not only offensive but embarrassingly out-of-step. This week Formula One announced it would no longer be using \u201cgrid girls\u201d \u2013 the young women spectators like to ogle and winning drivers like to spray their champagne over \u2013 who have been part of the sport for decades. \u201cWhile the practice of employing grid girls has been a staple of Formula One grands prix for decades, we feel this custom does not resonate with our brand values and clearly is at odds with modern-day societal norms,\u201d said Sean Bratches, Formula One\u2019s managing director of commercial operations. \u201cWe don\u2019t believe the practice is appropriate or relevant to Formula One and its fans, old and new, across the world.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/feb\/02\/grid-girls-f1-follows-darts-by-calling-time-on-women-in-hotpants\" target=\"_blank\">&#039;Grid girls&#039;: F1 follows darts by calling time on women in hotpants<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F1 boss says practice of parading women in pit lane before races no longer reflects sport\u2019s brand valuesIn 2018, in a world where powerful men are falling and every industry is rocked by allegations of sexual harassment, the use of women as decoration feels not only offensive but embarrassingly out-of-step. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}