Blackhearted opened this issue on Jul 24, 2006 · 168 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Mon, 31 July 2006 at 3:14 PM
Quote - i think that a blanket statement saying that 'women who are into bodybuilding are not feminine' is untrue and unfair. IMO many of them overdo it and end up looking erm.. different... but thats true with males too.
but some women who are into bodybuilding know exactly when to stop and arrive at a very attractive look that is not unfeminine (IMO). not what id consider my personal ideal, but very attractive either way.
Many women who are heavy into bodybuilding take testosterone injections -- because without the injections, it would be impossible for those women to look the way that they look. No matter how hard they worked out.
Male bodybuilders, too are frequently into the heavy steroid use thing. Bodybuilders from a former era never looked like the "Hulk" types that we see today. Ahhhhh......the miracles of modern drug therapy......and what it can do for (read: to) you.......especially in the long term. Many of those people, both male & female, pay an extremely heavy price in their later years. As do many former pro athletes of various kinds. The human body can only take just so much long-term abuse.
[Hint: my taste most decidedly does not run to female body-builders. To be brutally frank, I think that the more extreme forms of it look freakish & deformed. Although body toning can be attractive.]
I strongly agree on the central point of this thread -- I get very weary of hearing whiny gripes about the Poser market in general being too overrun with supermodel figures. Big deal. Popular culture in general is "overrun" with real-life supermodel figures. And this state of affairs ain't going to change. Personal attractiveness has always been an inborn advantage to those who possess it. Just like an exceptionally high IQ, or a great musical talent, or super athletic abilities. Life simply isn't fair. Either learn to accept that fact -- or else live an embittered existence. Because V3-esque models & characters will ALWAYS dominate the market, so long as human nature remains.
Griping about it is a form of spitting into the wind.