Isabelle Thorpe and Kate Shortman want to end the stigma against muscular women.
Posted on 07/19/2021 9:19:38 PM PDT by Yossarian
Two U.K. Olympians are hoping to spread the message that there is no correct definition of a “feminine body.”
Artistic swimmers Kate Shortman, 19, and Isabelle Thorpe, 20, did a lingerie photoshoot for Bluebella’s #BeStrongBeBeautiful campaign to embrace their muscular bodies and help promote women in sports.
For the underwater photoshoot, the duo showed off their muscles as they held a Union Jack.
“It’s utterly unfair that society’s expectations for boys are to have this perfect image of health by going to the gym, lifting weights, and looking really muscular and strong, and yet for girls, it’s the opposite — you should be stick-thin and with delicate feminine features,” Shortman said in a release.
“It’s unhealthy for young girls to see this and think, ‘I have to restrict what they eat and count calories.’ It’s unhealthy mentally and physically to think that.”
Isabelle Thorpe and Kate Shortman were often criticized because of their muscular bodies.
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The perception of an “ideal body” has also harmed Shortman and Thorpe. Shortman discussed how over their decade of preparation for the Summer Games, they were ridiculed about having “big shoulders, small boobs and small bums” and told to cover up at public swimming pools, even while wearing one-piece bathing suits.
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“We have to change the perception that the strong female form is not ‘feminine.’ “The idea that strength and femininity do not go together is a really damaging perception for keeping women in sport but also more broadly.”
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I see what you did there... ;)
They think fat is beautiful and shame the thin gals. Mention to these morons how unhealthy obesity is and they’ll call you a fat shamer. They look disgusting and their thinking is so warped.
Bev Francis, back in the day.
Freepers like my mom used to call “curvy” when she would attempt to set me up on blind dates....
I prefer petite leggy with nice cans....the unicorn....or apparently some commie bloc womyn
You woulda liked my ex ex ex ex girlfriend
Blonde green eyed Jamaican...yes there are a few...her ancestors were refugees from the Haiti slave rebellion massacre
She was 34c 22 38....child bearing hips tiny waist
They started preparing for the 2020/21 Olympics when they were 9 and 10 years old??? No lack of dedication there!
Yeah, I think most of us are confused. They are hotties.
Not guilty, your honor.
lol...gmta!
One more cup size and I’d be all over that. Big t*ts and breeding hips. That’s my kind of women. If they’re 5’7”-5’10” more he better.
You are spot on!
CDC study finds about 78% of people hospitalized for Covid were overweight or obese
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/08/covid-cdc-study-finds-roughly-78percent-of-people-hospitalized-were-overweight-or-obese.html
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