Joyce Fegan: Women should be able to wear whatever we want

The fuss about the sportswomen in this photo highlights the damaging nonsense we tell women and girls about their bodies

We're criticised for baring a little skin in hot weather — but, just as bizarrely, Norway’s beach handball team was fined because Euro 2021 tournament organisers deemed the kit in this photo as not revealing enough.
Picture: Norway Beach Handball Women

"Wear the damn shorts", reads the pithy quote.

The transition was swift — from 18 months of daily bread and biscuits to having to bare it all in 30 degrees of heat.