Better watch out or you might end up looking strong and capable!
Building up muscle mass is really important for women to help avoid developing osteoporosis and yet, many men’s sexist attitudes discourage women from doing so. A great example is here in the post: Hey Lady, You’re a Freak! (Link removed - blog no longer there).
In this post Liz talks about how once in the gym some guy commented to his girlfriend about her muscles and says ‘Better watch out or you might end up looking like that’.
Those kind of comments and attitudes just perpetuate the belief women are and are supposed to be weak and helpless. And is just one more example of how we still live in a very sexist society.
Some of the other things that men have said to Liz, sexualizing her strength, are just disgusting, as if it is ok for any man to just come up to a woman and comment about whether or not he finds her body sexy. Just another example of how men see women as sexual objects rather than equal human beings.
I’ll admit though, I do have some of those small pink weights, but I don’t use them so much anymore. I’m a small sized person so I doubt I will ever be ever to use really heavy weights, but I do do some strength training exercise - and I would love to be stronger and have muscles big enough to be seen!
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on June 13th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Hi Trisha,
Soooo not right, but I bet Liz had a good comeback (I went to the link but it doesn’t exist anymore).
I’m not strivng to be musclebound but I am excited when I can see muscle tone in my back, I do want to have a strong body, and at this moment it needs improvement, so that’s what I’m working on.
And on a side note: Any man who would try to keep a woman down and attempt to take away her personal power is not someone who truly loves her anyway.
on June 13th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Yeah, I know I’m not going to have lots of big muscles. I just don’t think it is possible, given my size and body type.
And thanks for letting me know about the link being dead too - I took it out now.