# Aly Raisman. After seeing her pose in SI, I’d like a taste of that! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 21, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293 "2018-02-21T20:36:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/21 "2018-02-21T21:29:34Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > Missed this line. Yes, I’m sure this young woman, who has literally traveled all over the world and won Olympic Gold Medals while meeting with some of the most famous and accomplished people on earth, would just have nothing of interest to say to a thinker as advanced as yourself. Now who’s being sarcastic? 😛 Also, i didn’t say she wasn’t allowed to do it. It just seems like a poor _decision_. Maybe her travels around the world haven’t been so enlightening. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/22 "2018-02-21T21:31:42Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Now who’s being sarcastic? 😛 …you haven’t mastered the art of sarcasm. You’ve only mastered the art of being a complete prick. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/23 "2018-02-21T21:32:41Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Also, i didn’t say she wasn’t allowed to do it. It just seems like a poor _decision_. Maybe her travels around the world haven’t been so enlightening. There is someone very unenlightened here, and it ain’t Aly. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/24 "2018-02-21T21:35:00Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …you haven’t mastered the art of sarcasm. You’ve only mastered the art of being a complete prick. Whoa now… that’s a little uncalled-for. Please explain/quote my prickishness. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/25 "2018-02-21T21:36:32Z")
If we ever have a _Wide World of Sports_-type intro for the SDMB, I nominate this OP for the “agony of defeat” sequence. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/26 "2018-02-21T21:36:43Z")
I’ll do it: > [@bobot](#): > > … Does this \*really \*require explanation? ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/27 "2018-02-21T21:37:42Z")
Obviously there’s no way to be certain, but this OP has “drinking” written all over it. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/28 "2018-02-21T21:40:12Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Now who’s being sarcastic? 😛 Me. > [@](#): > > Also, i didn’t say she wasn’t allowed to do it. It just seems like a poor _decision_. Maybe her travels around the world haven’t been so enlightening. Yeah, your opinion of her decision is _stupid._ It’s rooted in patronizing and outdated ideas about women, and in unproductive ideas about the connection between expression of sexuality and sexual assault, but beyond that, it’s deeply _stupid._ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/29 "2018-02-21T21:46:47Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > I get that **Larry** , I really do. But I think there’s a larger picture here. That’s what I’m trying to get to. Agreed that my sensational OP didn’t set a very objective stage. > True, she may have had an earring on :). And no, I don’t need that point explained to me. Maybe my point should be explained to HER, though. On behalf of all women, I’d just like to thank men like you who protect us womenfolk from ourselves. Sometimes we forget that we’re incapable of making these choices for ourselves, and need somebody to mansplain these things to us. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/30 "2018-02-21T21:47:11Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …thanks for clarifying. You are a grotesque disgusting excuse for a human being. I’m glad you cleared that up. > > Joking about Raisman’s sexual abuse? Pathetic. Alright, I missed this one. And you’ve gone too far. I’m not engaging in name calling. I was trying to have a discussion, but this has gone too far. I’m glad you’re so sure about who I am (from a statement on an anonymous message board) that you can make such judgement calls. May you sleep well tonight. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/31 "2018-02-21T21:48:04Z")
Only fit young women should be naked. Aly Raisman fits the bill perfectly. Leave her alone. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/32 "2018-02-21T21:53:38Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > I would posit that any woman who does this is cheapening herself and contributing to this overly sexual view of women. I would posit that anyone who thinks a woman who does this is cheapening herself is cheapening the view of women. Sexuality is not in itself a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/33 "2018-02-21T21:55:31Z")
OP, it’s wrong to shame women for wearing revealing clothes. That’s her choice, and wearing revealing clothing doesn’t hurt you or anyone. It doesn’t matter if she’s been abused or not, it’s always her choice, and it’s always okay no matter what choice she makes. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/34 "2018-02-21T21:57:52Z")
Am I missing something? I just googled Aly Raisman and Sports Illustrated and found what was described as all of her SI photos. She was not nude in \*any \*of them. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/35 "2018-02-21T22:01:10Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I would posit that anyone who thinks a woman who does this is cheapening herself is cheapening the view of women. Sexuality is not in itself a bad thing. I don’t, necessarily, agree, but thank you for this post. This is the kind of feedback one can use, with insight, to see the error within my opinion. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > OP, it’s wrong to shame women for wearing revealing clothes. That’s her choice, and wearing revealing clothing doesn’t hurt you or anyone. It doesn’t matter if she’s been abused or not, it’s always her choice, and it’s always okay no matter what choice she makes. This one, too. Thank you. I’m not trying to shame her, I’m questioning how alone i am in seeing it this way. I hope I find food and water on this island. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/36 "2018-02-21T22:06:39Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Am I missing something? I just googled Aly Raisman and Sports Illustrated and found what was described as all of her SI photos. She was not nude in \*any \*of them. I found them. They are tasteful and don’t reveal anything, but I’ll spoiler them, anyway. [Aly Raisman poses nude for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue](https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/02/13/aly-raisman-poses-nude-for-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue/23360468/) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/37 "2018-02-21T22:28:59Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > This one, too. Thank you. I’m not trying to shame her, I’m questioning how alone i am in seeing it this way. I hope I find food and water on this island. You did call her a “bitch”, and you said she’s “doing womankind a disservice”, and that she’s “cheapening herself”, among other things. That’s shaming, whether you intended so or not. Shaming women – in any way making a woman feel bad – for the simple choice of being photographed in revealing clothing (or no clothing) is, simply put, _always wrong_. It’s always, literally _always_, perfectly okay for anyone to decide to be photographed nude or in revealing clothing, and it’s literally _always_ wrong to try and shame or criticize them for doing so. It hurts no one. But shaming them, on the other hand, sends the message to girls and women that there’s something shameful about their bodies. That they must dress in a certain way and cover themselves because revealing skin is wrong or shameful. Please don’t do that. You’re just piling on to this huge part of society and culture that deems women’s bodies, and girls bodies, shameful, and that women and girls who choose to dress a certain way are morally lesser than others. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/38 "2018-02-21T22:38:52Z")
Thanks for that perspective, **iiandyiiii**. I agree that it’s not right to shame, and in review, I can see that’s how I presented myself. I would like to retract that from the record, though it’s oh so too late for that. I’ll humbly agree I could have handled/expressed myself better. Though you guys’ve easily convinced me that i was a bit of an ass, you haven’t convinced me that there’s no harm in what she’s done. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/39 "2018-02-21T22:43:36Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Wow… I really lit-off a shitstorm. I hope I can keep-up. 🙂 > > Sure, the men are cheapening themselves, too. But I’m not concerned about that. Men aren’t regularly exploited like women are. Also, the men are showing off their bodies so people will think they’re hot, not make some wholesome statement about the sanctity of manhood. > > Aly’s not choosing when to be sexy. She may have felt sexy the day(s) she did the shoot. But the men who buy the mag are building the fantasy and taking her sexiness to THEIR definitions. It’s out of Aly’s hands. Which is why the burka had veil are the height of modern feminist attire. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293/40 "2018-02-21T22:44:02Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > Alright, I missed this one. And you’ve gone too far. …gone too far? You’ve posted in the fucking pit. What the fuck were you expecting? > [@](#): > > I’m not engaging in name calling. I was trying to have a discussion, but this has gone too far. If you want a discussion, then posting your sexist misogynistic outdated opinions in the pit was your first mistake. > [@](#): > > I’m glad you’re so sure about who I am (from a statement on an anonymous message board) that you can make such judgement calls. May you sleep well tonight. I wasn’t sure “who you were” when you posted the OP. I am sure who you are once you posted your clarification. You are somebody who is gleefully shaming a sexual abuse survivor. You posted an OP with the title “I’d like a taste of that!” You are a nasty horrible person. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aly-raisman-after-seeing-her-pose-in-si-i-d-like-a-taste-of-that/809293.md?page=3)