Unless you're born that way.
Unless you're born that way.
But Williams is an athlete, and quite frankly, she is beautiful - physically, and with the messages, she sends to other women through her actions. Money where her mouth is, kind of thing.
And if women want to get crazy muscles? Personal choice. I don't care. Same reason I don't care if a politician has an affair or whatever. None of my business.
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Tennis also requires core strength and a lot of upper body strength. Williams just had a child, which may account for why she does not look the same as she did 5 or 10 years ago. Her arms were always pretty ripped.
This is not a flattering photo of her face, but demonstrates what I mean:
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Green Arrow (11-17-2018)
Why does it matter if she's an athlete? Good for her. Play sports. Excel. If it's a woman's personal choice to look like a man then so be it. All I'm saying is that it's gross. Methinks women folk need to accept the consequences of their choices.
Mind you, I don't make the rules. It is what it is.
Last edited by Mister D; 11-16-2018 at 04:43 PM.
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Athletes work hard to achieve what they do. It's admirable, especially to become one of the best ever in that sport. It is physically and mentally hard, and something worth respecting. I don't know many people who work that hard.
I also don't think she looks like a man. I find her to be beautiful (genuinely). There was a photo of her and her baby a while back that I found striking.
You're totally allowed to think it's gross, but she is a female athlete. It is not as though she's body building for the sake of it or something (and I personally don't care if someone makes that choice, although I may question the health of it, especially in sports where monitoring for steroids or other substances is not the best). Williams built that body with hard work pursuing a goal. Why should she feel bad about it or be made to feel bad about it? I don't see the need for that. I just don't find it gross.
Green Arrow (11-17-2018)
Maybe she's a mutant. She says she was born that way.
Before everyone gets all crazy...
Has she been tested for one or two inactive copies of the myostatin gene?
I'm responding more to the OP than Williams. Yes, there comes a point where a muscular body on a female is just kind of gross. Granted, men can take it too far as well but there is a far greater threshold for men. You're not a man. I don't expect you to get it. I also don't expect anyone to feel bad. Again, magazines reflect our culture. They don't create it. You want huge muscles? Knock yourself out. Why do I need to tell you it's OK? These tales of white girl woe really need to stop.
Last edited by Mister D; 11-16-2018 at 06:35 PM.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Honestly, that wasn't my first impression looking at the magazine cover. I just assumed it was some kind of reference to the fact that GQ normally features men in its analytical pieces. Crossing out "men" and replacing it with "woman" could actually be interpreted as empowering to the woman. I suppose it is possible that your interpretation is the correct one, since I have no idea what was in the minds of the people who made that cover, but I doubt that was their intent given the nature of profit-seeking corporations in the current political environment.
Edit: Looking back on it, I did not notice the quotation marks around woman. I guess that is pretty odd. If they really are trying to take a jab at her womanhood, then that is in incredibly bad taste and just downright stupid from a business perspective.
Last edited by Ethereal; 11-16-2018 at 06:41 PM.
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