No, I believe I mentioned upthread my preference was Anna. I also agree with the poster who mentioned Hingis; that doubles match with Anna and Martina a few years back was hot as hell.
But I did comment on David Boston spending too much time in the gym buffing up, to the detriment of his WR abilities. And I do comment on the obviously enhanced physiques of the MLB roid-heads.
If I were gay, or a woman, I’m sure I would comment on male athletes’ looks. I noticed several comments about Andy Roddick’s looks in another thread, for instance.
I think I was pissed off by something non-board related when I posted. Re-reading it now, it’s harsher and more confrontational than it needs to be. But I stand by the points I made. I’ll try to do better in this reply.
I say that they do. I posit that women do drool over male athletes they consider to be hotties. The only difference is the percentage of men versus women who are sports fans. If as many women watched sports as men, then you would see plenty of catering to the basest common denominator with male athletes. Lifetime’s “SportStories” daily highlight show would be chock full of Derek Jeter, Andy Roddick, and David Beckham.
The main difference is that men would not be complaining about the off-the-field attention male athletes got in such a world, unless it were to shrug and say “I wish I had his life.”
No, I would not be annoyed in the least. I think Sharapova did get the kudos she deserved. In addition to that, she also got press about being the new Anna K, but with the talent to back up the hype. I continue to see nothing whatsoever wrong with this.
The fact that you describe the news commentators as being barely able to “hide their erections” leads me to believe that you aren’t seeing the issue in a reasonable way. It sounds like jealously or bitterness. You have said you aren’t bitter. I’ll take you at your word, and just write off your use of loaded language as just another inexplicable behaviour of the female mind.
Let me take a different approach. My main point is that women are just as “bad” (I don’t think it’s bad) as men about focusing on the physical in regards to famous athletes, the only difference is that most sports fans are men, so women’s shallowness is easier to miss or ignore.
So let’s take another group of famous people who have an even fan base among men and women. How about movie stars? Are you honestly holding the position that Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom don’t receive the exact same type of adulation that Anna K. gets? Do you hear men complain? Have you ever heard a statement similar to “It’s so pathetic how Brad Pitt gets all this attention from women when he’s never won an Oscar. Compared to Gene Hackman, Pitt is a hack.”
Deal with the Anna K and Sharapova adulation for exactly what it is: appreciation for an attractive person. Denigrating men for this behavior is being dishonest with yourself.
