Women’s Fit Bodies at The Olympics
Olympians give us more sizes, shapes, and colors of women than ever before.
There is a body positivity movement. Let’s all be inclusive of women’s bodies of every size, shape, color, and age.
The Olympic games include women athletes now, traditionally, the games were for men only. This year an equality milestone for those competing was reached, and many more women were in the race.
The fitness levels seem almost super human. And we admire the athletes for their stunning grace, speed, flexibility, endurance, and talents.
You are not likely to see the Olympic body type in most places you visit. We seldom talk about the zero-fat, all muscle female body type. But, I don’t think it’s because we are so unfamiliar with them, but for other reasons.
It’s because culture is finally going to a place where the hourglass, very curvy “womanly woman” is now just about as rare as the zero-fat, all muscle female. Beauty standards do change, but “boyish” figures seem to have always fallen away in popular culture just as quickly as they arrive. Fat positivity is also something new.
Then there is body shaming. Most of us truly love and admire real people of every body shape and size, but if you think of most female music…
