2018 gay calendar warwick rowers

The continual celebration of the Warwick Rowers is of incredible frustration to me. Warwick University’s rowers are back - and once again they are baring all for their annual calendar. We have to wonder if revelling in this objectification is actually beneficial to anyone.

This is not to mention the elephant in the room — the immediately striking lack of diversity the club displays. The Warwick Rowers are including openly gay World Cup champion Robbie Manson in their latest calendar. Surely, nowadays, it is not considered a heroic act to treat someone with a different sexual orientation to you as your equal.

The Warwick Rowers are baring (almost) all once again for a steamy calendar they hope will further the “worldwide social movement” they launched nearly a dec. Robbie, who came out as gay in , commented: "As an LGBT athlete, I value the straight ally message of the Warwick Rowers.

As previously mentioned, the club have a goal to make team sport inclusive for those who may be excluded on the grounds of their sexuality. But is it time the rowers retired from calendars, and stuck to rowing? While stereotypically not as big of an issue for men as for women, body image is a growing problem for many young men, contributing to a rising culture of body dysmorphia.

By Steph Campbell. Posted in Opinion. Although perhaps not as relevant as they once were, it is time for the club to reinvent itself — perhaps with methods and values that reflect current times, and are not insistent on disguising arguably conceitful acts as ones of charity.

I cannot help but feel projects like this contribute to such problems. The reason we pay money for such calendars has always been the confidence or bravery of those involved, who have done something many of us would regard as uncomfortable, in order to raise money. It projects an almost self-congratulatory air, in that straight men should be commended and celebrated for their acceptance of sexual minorities.

We are particularly keen to promote team sport for people who are excluded on the grounds of gender or sexuality. The installment sees the men’s team posing nude, in a series of tasteful shots, to. The big news here is that Warwick Rowers are welcoming an openly gay world champion to their.

Why is there a need to state that the club is actually heterosexual, when the club are trying to argue through their values that sexual orientation is not important?