Women Athletes: Choose Between Strong and Sexy

[Natasha]

Women Athletes: Choose Between Strong and Sexy

http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/08/23/women-athletes-choose-between-strong-and-sexy/
8/24/09

One of the great problems that women athletes face is the idea that women are heterosexual sex objects. And the beauty ideal for these sex objects is a thin shape, with a bit of a curvy shape, (but not too curvy, thats fat), and a distinct lack of muscles. So female athletes are by definition considered deviant. And the more strength and height that their sports require, the more un-feminine, and deviant they are considered.