"The pressure on sportswomen to increase levels of sponsorship and media coverage has seen many resort to taking their clothes off just to receive some publicity"                                     Jan Borrie, The Canberra Times, 27th May 2000         Sadly, the above statement provided by Jan Borrie remains true within the international sporting environment. There are already numerous cases where taking clothes off to receive attention for particular sports have taken place. Unfortunately, Australian sporting women have participated in such activities, …showed first 75 words of 1426 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1426 total…will be because they cannot survive on the small earnings that their own talent provides them with. With this consequence in place, athletes will be forced to work harder, faster and longer just so they can achieve high status through a positive public profile. Leaving behind people trying to cheat their way to the top! Bibliography: http://www.activeaustralia.org/women/sexploitation.htm Copyright © Australian Sports Commission http://www.playbytherules.net.au/downloads/j_7.rtf