Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? Female Bodybuilders

Okay, chirrun. I was flipping through stations a couple of weeks ago, and came upon a documentary on MSNBC called "Twisted Sisters". It was a behind-the-benchpress look at female bodybuilders, and for some reason, I cannot get it out of my head.

I will say, honestly, that while I absolutely appreciate the dedication and hardwork these ladies put into their sport, I don't really "get it". The things that they have to sacrifice and do to attain and maintain their looks is not for the feint of heart, or a weak bitch like me, that's for sure. I have torn a ligament in my leg trying to grab the remote with my feet because I was too lazy to get off the sofa and pick it up (okay, slight exaggeration, but you get the picture).

The ladies they interviewed were extremely honest and forthright about what goes into being a successful, competitive bodybuilder- which made the documentary that much more interesting because they didn't sugarcoat shit- and I'm sorry, it takes an extremely special person to do this stuff. Or a bunch of crazy, average ones.

More than one of the ladies said that anyone who's seriously competing and says they aren't taking anabolic steriods is lying. Even though it deepens their voices, makes their foreheads, noses, and earlobes bigger- and that these effects don't go away even when they stop taking them (yeah, ya heard me)- they still take them to bulk up.

Given that the prime age for women to compete in this sport is in her 30s and 40s, most have families of their own, or at least their own bills to pay, and you can probably guess that this isn't a moneymaking sport. One woman said that you can potentially spend thousands of dollars training for a show and if you win, you get a trophy. Since they train so hard and so often- many times all day, six days a week, they cannot hold jobs. So how do they make money? The old fashioned way in a new fashioned world.

The internet, once again, has united a troop of fetishists on a weirdly, masturbatory cyber playground and these dudes are into "muscle goddesses". The bodybuilders will do porn, nude photos, and flexing on webcams for pay-by-minute views. It seems if you can dream it, somone will strip down and do it in front of a webcam or camera. The woman pictured above, Lauren Powers, has been paid $4,000 to arm or leg wrestle fetishists in Athens and Dubai (man, there are some freaks in Dubai. I guess if you have a bazillion dollars and have nailed everyone in your palace, your interests get a little more off the beaten path). I know that everybody has to eat, but it's sad that although these women could probably kick the shit out of many of their male cyberfans, they still have to submit to their fantasies to even afford a protein shake.

So my question is, do you think female bodybuilding/ builders are sexy and if so, what about it appeals to you?