Over the last one hundred years, the effigy of the physically strong, confident, muscular woman has been the object of derision, fascination, and (erotic|sexual pleasure|sexually arousing fantasy; she is many times portrayed, in both photography and illustration, as a sexy dominatrix, sexless mannequin, or sideshow freak. In this arousing and attention holding collection of rare archival images from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, writers David L. Chapman and Patricia Vertinsky trace the peculiar yet arousing and attention holding history of muscular women in general culture.
One of the battlefields in this cultural conflict appeared in general imagery: posters, advertisements, comic books, magazine illustrations, and (most particularly) photography all offered outlets of expression for a good deal of muscular women. Until rather recently, however, such females were packaged for the popular public as physical monstrosities, lesbian man-haters, kinky sex objects, or finelooking living statues. At the same time, a good deal of women, including those in the emergent female bodybuilder community, have had to fight hard to reclaim the effigy of female muscularity as their own.
Featuring a lot of two hundred full-color and black-and-white illustrations, a lot of never before published, Venus with Biceps is a gorgeous and throughout history substantial book with regards to gender, image, social expectations, and female power.
David L. Chapman has written extensive on gay (erotic|sexual pleasure|sexually arousing photography and male bodybuilders.
Patricia Vertinsky is a professor at the School of Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia who has written four former books on sports and gender.
Rene
omg xD his skin there is no fat!
Comment by Summer — January 19, 2010 @ 9:27 am
Roderick
i want his training schedule and diet!
Comment by Miles — January 22, 2010 @ 4:43 am
Jeanie
Does Sagi still own a gym in Dallas? I remember he used to train at the Centrum, very cool and very nice guy.
Comment by Lawerence — January 23, 2010 @ 11:19 am
Carter
yyy… There’s no fat …o.O
How ?!
Comment by Grace — January 24, 2010 @ 1:03 pm
Jose
I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E…!!!
Comment by Jasmine — January 25, 2010 @ 4:46 am
Brittney
wow, that is insane.
People, he may have good genetics, but even that wont get you abs like that. That would be hard training, cardio, and stricked and complex diet. Its called bodybuilding. The pros do it all the time for shows. This guy has just prefected the art of loosing body fat. Yes, genetics help too. But im sure he hasn’t drank that much water 2 weeks before this video either, hence the cameraman saying “thats as dry as you can get”.
Comment by Julia — January 25, 2010 @ 1:23 pm
Duane
man some ppl are luck with good genetics
(
Comment by Wilson — January 28, 2010 @ 9:33 pm
Otha
I’m 10 percent body fat 200lbs and I must say after lookin at that, I feel fat, lol. Impressive dude keep up the hard work.
Comment by Katrina — January 29, 2010 @ 4:45 pm
Beverly
nothing special. good genethic, low body fats..
Comment by Gerald — February 1, 2010 @ 7:36 pm
Isaias
keep pumpin bro…
Comment by Sonya — February 2, 2010 @ 5:31 am
Kristina
whut kind of training did u do?
wtf?
Comment by Rick — February 2, 2010 @ 1:18 pm
Leona
it is close to impossible to achieve that kind of body fat percentage without the use of speacial kind of supplements. you know what i mean. but everyone has to make his own choice, it doesn’t mean that he didn’t train hard to achieve that type of physique. he must have trained really hard.
Comment by Robbie — February 4, 2010 @ 6:44 am
Amanda
I would give my *** to the devil to have Ab’s like those…
Comment by Marquis — February 5, 2010 @ 9:37 am
Gilda
HIS BODY FAT PERCENTAGE IS VIRTUALLY 0
Comment by Ava — February 7, 2010 @ 7:26 pm
Jarvis
It looks like someone took.. well.. shaping clay, pushed it together, then placed a extremly small layer of rubber on it, Wow mate o.O
Comment by Ramona — February 8, 2010 @ 6:27 am
Wilmer
its eisye for skinny people to get six pack, but for us little more fat, we have to burn more fat than the skinny ones. Im working on my abs now and after 1 month its starting to get shape, without getting any time on the gym.
Comment by Rod — February 9, 2010 @ 4:41 pm
Brendan
No way it’s gotta be lower than that. When he pulls the skin together there is no fat in between and you can these the guy’s veins in his stomach. I would say lower than 4
Comment by Irma — February 10, 2010 @ 8:25 am
Justine
damn…all ive got is one big pack of fat, soon to start hanging.
Im off to gym!
Comment by Marco — February 13, 2010 @ 2:46 am
Deshawn
I think it -7% lol
Comment by Elton — February 14, 2010 @ 8:07 am
Grace
lol i’d never be able to do that, i’m way to skinny ^_^
Comment by Dong — February 14, 2010 @ 8:25 am
Catalina
what’s his bf? …0%!?!?!?
Comment by Virgil — February 16, 2010 @ 7:02 pm
Thurman
yes it is true
Comment by Josiah — February 19, 2010 @ 9:36 am
Cathryn
dats hard work. theres literly no fat on his stomache. that determination. i wish i had the drive to be that determined like that
Comment by Rosa — February 22, 2010 @ 3:47 pm
Taylor
great job
Comment by Enoch — February 23, 2010 @ 1:47 am
Ella
beatifull
Comment by Sherman — February 25, 2010 @ 4:21 am