Why Don't More Female Figure Skaters Wear Pants?

I don't see why figure skating men don't wear dresses. They look cool when you twirl. One would think that would be a (possible) artistic aspect of the performance. It would definitely get noticed as well.

Olympics cater to the masses for support. Men wearing dresses would turn off so many viewers I can't think of a faster way to shut it down.

> Olympics cater to the masses for support.

The London 2012 games cost £9.3 billion all-in. The sale of tickets to the masses raised £0.659 billion and TV rights another £0.350 billion.

I think at this point the Olympics are a media-corporate-government juggernaut that continues through its own momentum, not mass support.

They do sometimes wear flared shirts or jackets to get a similar effect.

Maybe it isn't all about the skill?

https://kotaku.com/sailor-moon-still-works-as-a-figure-skati...

So, what I get from all the various forms of “nowhere else in sport...” is that the author is completely ignorant of the existence of DanceSport.

Why don't girls wear pants to the prom?

Because it’s not an international sporting event on a sheet of frozen water?

Some do when they are allowed to.