Olympian Sex Gods & Goddesses
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Male Olympians as sex gods:
There is something about sporting success that makes a certain type of woman go crazy - smiling, flirting and sometimes even grabbing at the chaps who have done the business in the pool or on the track. An Olympic gold medal is not merely a route to fame and fortune; it is also a surefire ticket to writhe.
Not to mention gay men.
They all have nice bodies and wear very little clothing. The same thing happens with the ‘athletes’ of professional wrestling.
But - and this is the thing - success does not work both ways. Gold-medal winning female athletes are not looked upon by male athletes with any more desire than those who flunked out in the first round. It is sometimes even considered a defect, as if there is something downright unfeminine about all that striving, fist pumping and incontinent sweating. Sport, in this respect, is a reflection of wider society, where male success is a universal desirable whereas female success is sexually ambiguous.
I find this hard to accept. Searches for attractive female athletes are frequently at the top of the list of topics searched for on Google.
There are surely men who want soft women. And men who like weak men.