Bodybuilding is the act of subjecting your body to strict diets and exercise to increase muscular size, and it is an empowering activity for many women. Heavy weightlifting improves physical capacity and boosts muscle strength and growth.
Because a muscular female body defies our conventional perception of a feminine body as one that is small, weak, fragile, and limited, bodybuilding can be empowering for women.
This article talks about why sexy female bodybuilders, should be admired by
everyone. Keep reading.
Why More Females Are Becoming Bodybuilders
Like the rest of us, female bodybuilders are continually subjected to messages about what constitutes femininity and beauty in our culture.
While the bodybuilding subculture might view muscle as a complement to femininity (i.e., a different ideal of femininity), the larger culture views femininity as a different
set of traits.
Men want to see female bodybuilders naked, but these women are constantly navigating the tensions and inconsistencies they are exposed to.
The urge to put on muscle and strength while yet adhering to what society defines as femininity can result in paradoxical actions and a bodybuilding image that is contradictory when viewed from a traditional perspective.
Add to the fact that some men only want to get female bodybuilders naked, women are in a challenging position on all fronts.
Bodybuilding represents a submission to or rejection of dominant feminine ideals. However, it must be made clear that creating “deviant” bodies — regardless of attempts to police, tame, or revert the body — is inherently a form of resistance to the norm.
A muscular female body is an empowered body, even if it is only in a symbolic sense or a desire by some to see female bodybuilders naked. Bodybuilding for women is an intentional effort to create a body that challenges sexist stereotypes of femininity.
Why We Should All Admire Female Bodybuilders
Many people find female bodybuilders hot, and understandably, men may want to see female bodybuilders naked, but that is no justification for seeing them as mere sexual objects.
Female bodybuilders should be admired, not sexualized. And if you want to get a female bodybuilder naked, then your relationship with them should go beyond sexualizing them alone. Here are key reasons to admire female bodybuilders.
It’s harder for women to gain muscle mass
Men are often bigger and heavier than women because they are genetically predisposed to carry greater muscle. Although many women fear that weightlifting will make them bulky, most women lack the testosterone (or adequate nutrition) to build mass to the same extent as men.
Because of this, female bodybuilders can train just as hard and for the same amount of time as male bodybuilders without seeing the same results. In other words, women put in the same effort but receive less in return — what a frustration.
Female bodybuilders are subject to stricter rules when competing
If you haven’t already, you should read the IFBB regulations for female bodybuilding. There is no upper size limit for male athletes. In actuality, larger is preferable. Women must exhibit a “muscular”, yet feminine shape. Competitors must interpret the guidelines and then attempt to apply them because “femininity” is a subjective concept.
Female bodybuilders also need to ensure their nails are done and that they don’t have too big of a frame. For women, “muscular growth must not be carried to such an extreme that it mimics the huge muscularity of the male physique”, according to IFBB regulations.
It’s harder for women to lose weight
Women are meant to hold 6–11 percent more body fat than men do for reasons related to reproduction. Some studies have found that estrogen makes it more challenging for women to burn fat. Women, therefore, not only have more body fat than men but also have to work harder to lose it. It’s probably harder for women to get in shape to see glute striations than we fans can even fathom.
Female bodybuilders face societal stigmas
The stigma associated with female bodybuilding extends well beyond the topic of steroids. Women are expected to be thin, frail, and, most importantly, appealing in our Western culture.
The majority of people in and outside the fitness world are uncomfortable with the erasing of gender lines, even though diehard fans of the sport embrace female bodybuilding. Bodybuilders are neither frail nor emaciated, and most people find their masculine appearance unattractive. Those who find them attractive are only interested in getting female bodybuilders naked, thus sexualizing them. The fact is that female bodybuilders dare to defy cultural norms and pursue their passions.