A few things:
On the T-Vixen forum- why not create a separate thread “ask the vixens” or whatever? Then only allow training and diet etc. on the main board. I know this site is aimed at men (99% of it), but that should not excuse the fact that some of the time the forums degenerate into the old “fuck you” “yeah?, well fuck you!” comments.
Being a t-man can be funny and is always a good thing…but being a t-man (IMHO) should require that your intelligence shines through behind whatever rubbish you are banging on about. So I can see why women get frustrated. Sometimes you read questions, posts, opinions etc. and you think “why doesnt this guy grow up?”.
Quadethefinest “Waterbury” thread is a classic example. I know that the thread was allowed to continue and everyone could have their say etc. etc. but really, T-Nation is too good for that type of idiot. He should have been banned. Forced to take another screen name decided by the mods (so they could keep an eye on his posts) unknown to everyone else so that he wasnt forever banned from contributing.
Even having the same gutter mind as some of the men of here, I am sure everyone has looked into the forum and thought “oh dear”.
There is a good amount of filtering of sexual topics into their relevant forums at the moment but I do think that sometimes the forums can degenerate into frankly, useless time-wasting.
I am probably as guilty as anyone else but really, how often do you look at a question and just think “man, am i tired of this shit!” Some idiot asks if eating green beans will make him fly to the moon when doing frat curls. Someone else takes offence to the use of the word “moon”. Honestly guys- lets make an effort to raise the bar. There are some amazingly intelligent people on these boards and they are being wasted.
Lets “celebrate” for want of a better word, being men. But remember that being a T-Man should mean recognising, and enjoying life based on the essence of being a male, not being blindly led by rutting and aggressive instincts into behaving like idiots.
Sorry to have gone off-topic but the immaturity some people display- and the ignorance (i am guilty of it in the past) is shocking.
Anyway- back to women and powerful images.
I half agree with gojira et al. A woman pushing up serious weight is inspiring but to tell you the truth, a woman pushing up 100 kilos or whatever isnt…i know ill probably get flamed for that but any post that inspires the reaction “thats amazing…for a woman” really lets the picture down. I am not saying that all the pics fall into that catagory, just some.
Also, all of the above pics of women are not sexy. A couple are ok…mainly where the girls are heavily made up and wearing tight jeans etc. Most of them just look a bit mannish im afraid.
My only beef with the girls with their skirts up etc. is that they are a bit boring,a bit vanilla for T-Nation. But then again, when I personally think the girls are pretty I love the pics! I know- im a hypocrite.
Overall what I would like is women athletes/fitness models or whatever who are genuinely feminine. Not too much silicon, no “angular” faces, no amazingly flat chests because frankly- its a turn off.
How about some swimmers, or female martial artists? I have no problem with dumping the soft-core porn for female athlete pics. But i gotta tell ya that I still want them curvy and hot. Sorry G! I can appreciate some of the pics you posted but I dont want to bang any of the girls and that really seems to be the point of the female pics in Powerful Images.
Hope I haven’t rained on too many parades with this post but lets be honest I wanna look good nekid, and unless the image is done for the shock factor (or to “elicit dialogue”- gotta love that euphemism TC!) I want girls who look good nekid. Of course I want them to be athletic/strong etc. But at the end of the day I want both heads to appreciate it if you know what I mean.
Which obviously you do.
Jaime
