Are Muscular Women REALLY Men?

[Helena]

GQ and other magazines are now charged with raising children and molding society's perceptions. That's a lot to put on a magazine, don't you think?

I don't understand why magazines exist anymore, but whatever.

As far as Serena goes.. I don't care. She's not my cup of tea. Whoever did her cleavage makeup for the cover sucked at it. It's way too obvious.

[pragmatic]

She goes around looking for reasons to be offended. If she can't find one, she'll create one.

Be nice. We <heart> Polly!!


If everybody held the same opinions it would be a pretty boring world.

[jimmyz]

Serena's upper body is fit and muscular but no more so than any gym bunny. Her lower body is powerful due to the sport she has practiced since she was a young girl. Tennis stars have very powerful legs for obvious reasons. Serena doesn't portray manliness IMO. She reminds me of Beyonce in that cover photo.

As to "kids will see it at grocery stores" and be adversely affected? I don't read that into the photo and copy on the cover. Kids aren't interested in GQ, Vogue or Cosmo anyway.

[ODB]

Think you are over analyzing the magazine cover.

Is what it is. She was named Woman of the Year by a men's magazine....

Why would a men's magazine use quotation marks on the word 'Woman'? Doesn't that indicate sarcasm or a falsity?

[pragmatic]

Serena's upper body is fit and muscular but no more so than any gym bunny. Her lower body is powerful due to the sport she has practiced since she was a young girl. Tennis stars have very powerful legs for obvious reasons. Serena doesn't portray manliness IMO. She reminds me of Beyonce in that cover photo.

As to "kids will see it at grocery stores" and be adversely affected? I don't read that into the photo and copy on the cover. Kids aren't interested in GQ, Vogue or Cosmo anyway.

Believe you have it backwards. Serena Williams did not get her massive physique from playing tennis. She got her body/build from genetics. (Along with a some great athletic ability.)

She has now exploited those resources/assets into a quite successful tennis career.

[Helena]

Why would a men's magazine use quotation marks on the word 'Woman'? Doesn't that indicate sarcasm or a falsity?

They could have gone with a question mark if they weren't sure.

[pragmatic]

From the New York Times yesterday:

"GQ did not immediately return an email seeking comment. But Mick Rouse, a research manager for the magazine, said on Twitter that there was a perfectly reasonable explanation: The word “woman” on the cover was handwritten by Virgil Abloh, a celebrated designer who created Ms. Williams’s apparel at this year’s U.S. Open, and who frequently uses quotation marks in his work."

[ODB]

From the New York Times yesterday:

"GQ did not immediately return an email seeking comment. But Mick Rouse, a research manager for the magazine, said on Twitter that there was a perfectly reasonable explanation: The word “woman” on the cover was handwritten by Virgil Abloh, a celebrated designer who created Ms. Williams’s apparel at this year’s U.S. Open, and who frequently uses quotation marks in his work."

"Perfectly reasonable explanation" doesn't mean what Mick Rouse thinks it means.

[Abby08]

I had a crush on Laura Combes for several years.



Honestly, I believe some women do take it too far in developing muscularity, but then so do some men. It doesn't affect who they are inside.

Ok....YUK! to me, women bodybuilders are so ugly, nothing feminine about them, they're grotesque.

Men bodybuilders, don't look much better.

[Abby08]

The fitness industry harms women. Work out, focus on core strength, ignore the hype.

Really, be fit and healthy, there's no need to look like a man.