Posted on 05/25/2017 12:35:25 PM PDT by drewh
Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman has accused two TSA agents of making "rude" and "sexist" comments about her appearance, CBS Boston reports.
The Needham-native documented her "uncomfortable" encounter at the airport in a series of tweets.
According to Raisman, a female TSA agent asked if she was a gymnast, and said she recognized her by her biceps. A male TSA agent then said, "I don't see any muscles," and continued to stare at her.
Raisman called the comments "rude" and "uncomfortable."
In her final tweet, the Olympian said, "I work very hard to be healthy & fit. The fact that a man thinks he judge my arms pisses me off I am so sick of this judgmental generation."
It remains unclear what airport the gymnast was traveling through when the incident unfolded.
Body image is something Raisman recently came to terms with as she was teased for her appearance as a child.
"For me, when I was younger, in high school or middle school, everyone -- all the boys in my class -- made fun of me because I was stronger than all of them and I used to be so self-conscious about my arms," she said during Reebok's #PerfectNever female empowerment campaign. "It's funny now because when I meet people, they compliment me on them."
The gold medalist says she learned to love her body during the Rio Olympics.
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Was the TSA Agent’s name, “Muhammed” by any chance?
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Fur-less gorillas!
Her folks made anti-Trump statements during the Olympics last year. The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Snowflake.
Lol
“”For me, when I was younger, in high school or middle school, everyone — all the boys in my class — made fun of me”
How long ago was that? 20 minutes? I understand that a lot of girls struggle with the own perception of body image, I have three daughters. She needs to understand that boys, especially middle school, still tease the girls they like. May seem mean, but boys also struggle with communicating with girls. In fact, I am 57 and still struggle with it.
He actually said, “You’re a girl.” Very “sexist”.
What a freaking bunch of crap.
I’m a fan of hers. But she could have kept her mouth shut because of course TSA agents will be rude and dumb. Shrug it off, tweet about it, don’t make a big deal. LOTS OF MEN are rude and dumb and she will learn this as she gets older.
Their bellies look like carapaces.
Too bad she couldn’t just slap him like on the ‘good old days’..................
How mean. These are amazing girls who sacrificed a lot, worked very hard to achieve what few ever could. Sometimes I just hate FReepers. You’re sitting there criticizing world class athletes, calling them gorillas. Disgusting rude behavior.
OK, I’ll say it: I don’t believe this actually happened.
at some airports TSA are just private security mall cops. this may have been one of them..
what did the parents say?
Yes, Aly has muscles, but they aren’t even close to approaching the caliber of Mckayla Maroney’s assets.
Faces aint much too
The face on the right looks like a man with lipstick and long hair.
Hay “editor!” STFU......if you don’t like us freepers get off the board and STFU.
Stop picking on little girls a$$4013.
Neither TSA agent has a right to comment on anyone’s body. They need to SFTU, too.
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