In fact at one time figure skating was objective. They would take a clean sheet of ice, the skater would skate a figure 8 ( or whatever) then the judges would measure it. Not fun to watch.

The comment used the words most and some. It also included an example about synchronized swimming.

Maybe prestigious from a mass market perspective; but IMO that’s just because both sports feature very young girls in various states of undress (simulated or not).

Both sports trade on the sexualization of young girls. Why do we even have a sport where the main criteria are older men passing judgment on young girls? The scoring system is vague/complex enough that the “victory” game in both sports is highly rigged anyway, so it’s more about politics than skill when deciding between the top few spots.

That’s just bizzare. Most men don’t watch figure skating or gymnastics, the audience is mostly female. So I’m not sure why they would be sexualized or how they would “trade” on the sexualization; there’s no money in it.

Why, do you think the competition in these fields is exclusively for young female participants?

Obviously that's not the case.

Do men’s gymnastics and figure skating draw the same prestige? My comment is simply about the prestige of the sports, not the merit of the sport itself.