Nothing wrong with the Lindsey Vonn pose
Posted by womenagerie on February 4, 2010
I don’t see anything wrong with this picture of Lindsey Vonn on the SI cover? Do you?
Lindsey Vonn is now known as the America’s best woman skier ever, and it goes without saying that she’s got the face to boot. A great combination, I must say.
But as Yahoo! Sports reports, some parties do take exception to the pose, and quoted womansportstalk.com as saying:
Vonn is first a GREAT athlete, but she also represents norm of feminine attractiveness. The combination of athleticism and attractiveness make Vonn the likely poster girl of the US Olympic Team, and the media hasn’t disappointed in constructed her as such.
Not to be left out, Sports Illustrated is featuring Vonn on their Feb. 8, 2010 cover. For those of you who follow SI Covers, know that female athletes are RARELY featured on the cover.
Over the last 60 years researchers have shown that about 4% of all SI covers have portrayed women.
When females are featured on the cover of SI, they are more likely than not to be in sexualized poses and not in action-and the most recent Vonn cover is no exception.
Just because Sports Illustrated featured a lady on its cover does not mean it is sending sexual overtures, does it?
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