# Female Bodybuilders...Hot or Not? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 1, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-bodybuilders-hot-or-not/417760 "2007-09-01T23:22:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-bodybuilders-hot-or-not/417760/81 "2007-09-05T20:18:45Z")
[QUOTE=ultrafilter] Whatever you do, don’t google “barbie barbell”. [/QUOTE] Right. That’s like telling me NOT to think of a pink elephant. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-bodybuilders-hot-or-not/417760/82 "2007-09-05T20:27:50Z")
[QUOTE=Epimetheus] It is annoying having to copy and paste and fix the space in the address, so I only checked out the first two. Other than the horrid tans, they look ok to me. [/QUOTE] Apologies. I couldn’t think of a good way to make these links “two clicks away”. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-bodybuilders-hot-or-not/417760/83 "2007-09-05T22:20:26Z")
[QUOTE=bordelond] Apologies. I couldn’t think of a good way to make these links “two clicks away”. [/QUOTE] Under the reply form, there’s a series of checkboxes. If you uncheck the one marked “Automatically parse links in text”, then your links will not be live, and you won’t have to worry about people clicking on them accidentally. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-bodybuilders-hot-or-not/417760/84 "2007-09-06T01:11:50Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] Fit and athletic: hot. Bodybuilder: freak show. [/QUOTE] Word. I think that applies to both genders. ---
**Author:** ![OneChance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/74df32/32.png) [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-bodybuilders-hot-or-not/417760/85 "2007-09-06T05:19:28Z")
[QUOTE=bordelond] I’m curious about **OneChance’s** opinion of the five women I posted pics of above. To lay my own cards on the table, my line is drawn at obvious signs of testosterone and HGH use. I also am attracted to definition more than sheer size, though I can appreciate the determination necessary to development pro-level muscularity. [/QUOTE] We’re along the same lines of thinking. Obvious signs of abuse are an extreme turn-off in every way. It’s hard for me to appreciate the physique of someone who would go to that extreme. I appreciate a muscular physique that’s also healthy, no matter how small or large since I know the kind of hard work and dedication involved. Personally, I’m attracted to a muscular physique with a small layer of fat that accentuates the curve of each muscle, basically the look of a [figure competitor](http://www.monicabrant.com/). In my opinion, from your links, Nekole, Abrams and Schlicter carry their muscle very well and still look very much like women. I can’t even look at pictures of Toney or recent pictures of Colomb. They’ve just gone too far as far as I’m concerned. In my perfect world, every woman would look like [Gina Farnsworth](http://www.ginafarnsworth.net/Ozgrrl10.jpg). Hey, I can dream, can’t I? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-bodybuilders-hot-or-not/417760.md?page=4)