Today’s article by Molly George, “Making Sense of Muscle: The Body Experiences of Collegiate Women Athletes” was very well-written, and provided a lot of information about how some athletes are self-conscious about their bodies because of how society portrays the ideal body for women.
Some of the athletes did not like that weight lifting increased their muscles, they did not embrace this "bulk-up" image. Others saw the benefits of strength from lifting and how this improved their performance in the field. The author concluded, that even though soccer has become more competitive thus requiring lifting, "most of the women remained somewhat ambivalent about their self-performance, but predominantly chose to participate fully and enthusiastically in training and competition, regardless of the effect on their bodies."
Today we discussed about our opinions on the ideal feminine body:
I agree that a too muscular figure, made a woman look "manly" physically. The problem is that the ideal woman's body by today's standard, and a very muscular body are two extremes. Most average women lie in the middle. This is a problem that we should give a lot of attention, because many women suffer internally about their physical image causing many self-esteem problems. I think that the "ideal feminine body" is an abstract concept that is constantly changing, and women just change their bodies constantly to please society or the media who are constantly showing pictures of how women are supposed to look.
I've looked at some pictures in the web about different body types of women. There's not such thing as a "perfect body". People also differ in how they perceive other bodies and what attracts them physically.
Some of the athletes did not like that weight lifting increased their muscles, they did not embrace this "bulk-up" image. Others saw the benefits of strength from lifting and how this improved their performance in the field. The author concluded, that even though soccer has become more competitive thus requiring lifting, "most of the women remained somewhat ambivalent about their self-performance, but predominantly chose to participate fully and enthusiastically in training and competition, regardless of the effect on their bodies."
Today we discussed about our opinions on the ideal feminine body:
I agree that a too muscular figure, made a woman look "manly" physically. The problem is that the ideal woman's body by today's standard, and a very muscular body are two extremes. Most average women lie in the middle. This is a problem that we should give a lot of attention, because many women suffer internally about their physical image causing many self-esteem problems. I think that the "ideal feminine body" is an abstract concept that is constantly changing, and women just change their bodies constantly to please society or the media who are constantly showing pictures of how women are supposed to look.
I've looked at some pictures in the web about different body types of women. There's not such thing as a "perfect body". People also differ in how they perceive other bodies and what attracts them physically.
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| Anna Kournikova - Tennis Player |
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| Lenda Murray - Ms. Olympia (Bodybuilder) |
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| Different Athletes |
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| Average Women from Dove Commercial |
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