Ronda Rousey, the undefeated UFC
Women's Bantamweight Champion, makes a stand against body-shamers. People
Magazine reports UFC Champ Ronda Rousey Is Putting the Body-Shamers to Shame –Again.
Some online commentators feel the
need to point out that they find Rousey too masculine-looking. We’ve got echoes
of the body shaming Serena Williams went through this month. Williams hit back
with a bikini shot where she looked anything but masculine.
Rousey explains her attitude her
body in an interview:
I grew up thinking that because my body type was common [i.e., athletic], it was a bad thing…Now that I'm older, I've really begun to realize that my body has developed for a purpose and not just to be looked at.
Perhaps if we instill this sense
of what our bodies can do rather than
what they can look like into young girls, we’ll have a
new breed of young women rising up.
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