Serena Williams named GQ Woman of the Year — but cover sparks controversy

CNN Wire ^ | November 13, 2018

[ConservativeStatement]

Tennis great Serena Williams has been named GQ’s Woman of the Year — but the magazine’s cover has caused a stir on social media with many questioning why “Woman” was in quotes.

[real saxophonist]

Her sister is the scary looking one.

A few years ago, I got a couple of issues of GQ in the mail, don't know why.

3/4 of the magazine are advertisements, and many of them were for 'fragrances'. Damn things smelled so bad I had to throw them out as soon as I got them.

[painter]

I know some guys here don’t like the picture, But I think she looks Hot as Hell.

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GQ Man Woman "Thing" of the Year

[PapaBear3625]

Too bad the readers of GQ, don’t know or care enough to understand the difference between a Gentleman and Woman. The ragazine used to not be called WQ for a reason.

Even decades ago, GQ was a style magazine for gay men. Leafed through a few issues over the years, would never wear what they called "stylish".

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I know some guys here don’t like the picture, But I think she looks Hot as Hell.

What about this one?

[ßuddaßudd]

I dont find her to be very feminine looking for my tastes ..

[Dahoser]

Tennis great Serena Williams has been named GQ’s Woman of the Year — but the magazine’s cover has caused a stir on social media with many questioning why “Woman” was in quotes.

Tell me what doesn't cause a stir on social media. Apparently they've discovered that you can build a perpetual motion machine if the parts consist of stirring on social media and reporting on the stirring on social media.

[ealgeone]

Just the past 10?

[dragonblustar]

but the magazine’s cover has caused a stir on social media with many questioning why “Woman” was in quotes.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!

Because she's a man baby!!!! Yeah!!!!!

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I dont find her to be very feminine looking for my tastes

Maybe, if one were marooned on a distant planet with her for several years she might begin to look feminine.

[EdnaMode]

Well in today’s society, you never know what gender people identify as. Maybe they just wanted to make sure.

[real saxophonist]

And FWIW, since Parris Island in 1989, I’ve been an Aqua Velva man. 8~)

[painter]

A little too manly.

[EdnaMode]

Serena is a horrible choice. Not only did she ruin Osaka’s first Grand Slam title, she didn’t even win a Grand Slam this year.

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Yes, less manly would be better, IMO.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Good grief, does everything cause an outrage these days? At first glance, I thought the quotation makrs were there just to highlight the word on the cover, which is busy with words, and connected it to the crossed-out “men.” I never took it to mean “so-called woman.” Looking at the article, it turns out the word was written by a designer who, for whatever reason, likes to use a lot of quotation marks.

[Slyfox]

She has high cheek bones. I wonder if she has Cherokee blood in her.

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Serena Williams

Anna Kournikova

[ClearBlueSky]

I wonder if anyone has done a study on the level of testosterone in black women? Seeing a lot of male type builds and temper in black females re. aggression and how they raise children and have no use for black men(except to make babies). Don’t know-or care- much about WIlliams or Obama but there isn’t much ‘female’ about them.

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