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oneday
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Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
I'm wondering if anyone else saw this - it's an article about the cover of Sports Illustrated that features Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn. Article
Apparently people are very up in arms because they say that this picture is "provocative" and objectifies her. Now, after reading the article, I can understand it seems unfair that only about 4% of the covers feature woman and primarily they are not action shots, but really, does anyone else feel like calling this picture
provocative is pushing it a little?
The only thing I see that seems like it's not just her normal get up is that her hair is done and she doesn't have a helmet. She is a beautiful woman - what is wrong with that?
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
I just had this conversation with my DH the other night. I REALLY don't see the big deal at all. It doesn't seem provacative to me.
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| Posted 2/5/10 9:19 AM |
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LizD
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
it's fine, she is a skier and that is the position they are in while skiing. These people have to get their minds out of the gutter.
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jerseypanda
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
I was just reading this article before I came to LIF.
I am still sitting here scratching my head... 
I don't get it at all. She is wearing the outfit she would wear while doing her sport. She is in a position that she would use while doing her sport. How is this provocative? I don't see it at all.
Just goes to show you how over-sensitive people have become.
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neener1211
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
Posted by LizD
it's fine, she is a skier and that is the position they are in while skiing. These people have to get their minds out of the gutter.
agreed-I see nothing provocative about it.
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MrsPJB2007
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
She's a very attractive woman, posing for a cover of a magazine that is about sports, geared for men, and has an annual swim suit edition......did people expect she'd be wearing a poncho and coke bottle glasses?
Not provocative considering the covers we've seen from SI before....she looks good.
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telmah
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
This country is progressively moving backwards.
How is that picture even remotely provocative? Oh, b/c she's bent over!  Give me a frickin break.
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My4GirlsMyLife
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
This is the 1st time seeing a pic ,and I though maybe she was going to be wearing see through stuff or something ,but this is nothing 
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
It doesnt seem provacative to me at all. To me it looks like a skiing position and thats it.
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PaddysGirl
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
I don't see anything wrong with it but I know someone who would (but she finds everything offensive). To me it's an posed action shot.
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annoyedTTCer
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
I think the folks complaining have never skiied before nor watched it on tv
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headoverheels
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
You've got to be kidding me. Isn't that what they look like when they ski? How is that at all provocative???
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
She likes it in da butt.
I don't see it that way either. I'm starting to hate the semantics about the PC problems with photos, art, words, etc. So uptight.
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
Posted by greenfreak
She likes it in da butt.
I don't see it that way either. I'm starting to hate the semantics about the PC problems with photos, art, words, etc. So uptight.
She's in a skiing outfit.
In a position used for her sport.
What is the freakin problem!?!?! 
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
um, and what about those sports illustrated swimsuit covers? Aren't those more provocative than this?
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mrsmck
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
I find the swimsuit issue much more provacative than this cover.
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telmah
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
I think what they have a problem with is the fact that even female professional athletes are portrayed as sexual beings, rather than being highlighted for their athleticism.
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chelle
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
I don't think it's provocative as much as it just looks silly.
Granted, that's how you downhill ski...but I still wouldn't want to "pose" like that for a cover.
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annoyedTTCer
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
Posted by telmah
I think what they have a problem with is the fact that even female professional athletes are portrayed as sexual beings, rather than being highlighted for their athleticism.
How so?
Doesn't say hottest skiier ever it says best which is a shout out to her althetic abilities
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
nothing wrong with that photo, if she was spread eagle with her skies in the air and blowing kisses then i would say their is an issue.
WTH? look at how many males go on that cover with makeup/hair done.
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pinkandblue
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
Posted by chelle
I don't think it's provocative as much as it just looks silly.
Granted, that's how you downhill ski...but I still wouldn't want to "pose" like that for a cover.
I agree 100%
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telmah
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
Posted by annoyedTTCer
How so?
Doesn't say hottest skiier ever it says best which is a shout out to her althetic abilities
They said it, not me, "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."
I think whoever wrote that article needs to let out her pantsuit...
Edited: Part of the quote from the article got truncated
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yankinmanc
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
If she was wearing a bikini and skiing, well that might objectify her, but she is wearing what an athelete who does her sport wears, its fine. People are too sensitive!
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
I don't see the issue at all.
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Re: Female skier Sports Illustrated cover- too provocative?
Posted by MrsPJB2007
She's a very attractive woman, posing for a cover of a magazine that is about sports, geared for men, and has an annual swim suit edition......did people expect she'd be wearing a poncho and coke bottle glasses?
Not provocative considering the covers we've seen from SI before....she looks good.
Perhaps if she were posing in a bikini and her skis.
I see nothing provocative about the cover. The Swimsuit edition - that's another story.......
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