A lot has been made of Russia's anti-gay law. Last night, NBC was talking about it in a segment, then one of the commentators on the men's figure skating was talking about how men's figure skating was one of Russia's favorite sports. Something doesn't add up.
It reminded me of a story. I had some small behind the scenes duties with the International Ballet Competition the last time it was in Jackson. We had dinner with one of the Russian PR guys, who spoke perfect English. He would tell us of escapades by this ballet guys that would make NBA players jealous. He said a world class male ballet dancer or male figure skater could have any woman he wanted in Russia, and they could not believe that in America, there was a homosexual stereotype.
Basically, these Russian figure skaters are slaying more tail than any of us. And they can't believe that our culture sees them as feminine.
It reminded me of a story. I had some small behind the scenes duties with the International Ballet Competition the last time it was in Jackson. We had dinner with one of the Russian PR guys, who spoke perfect English. He would tell us of escapades by this ballet guys that would make NBA players jealous. He said a world class male ballet dancer or male figure skater could have any woman he wanted in Russia, and they could not believe that in America, there was a homosexual stereotype.
Basically, these Russian figure skaters are slaying more tail than any of us. And they can't believe that our culture sees them as feminine.
