Female bodybuilding—transgressing gender ‘rules’ on body shape and appearance?
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Just mention the words ‘female’ and ‘bodybuilder’ and most people in Britain tend to react with strong emotions. Questions concerning deviance, gender and health might be immediately raised.
The troublesome and, for some, disturbing body of the hyper-muscular woman is deemed so outrageously deviant by society that it can provoke harsh comment. Indeed, the following extract, taken from one of my interviewees, was by no means an uncommon reaction to the female bodybuilder:
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