Shaunae Miller just got married - take a look at these bridesmaid pics. OMG!!

GoldenCuck wrote:

You only read this thread to be "offended". The title told you everything about the thread's content, still you had to read it. You just had to. You knew it would make you feel good to be on the side of the "victims".

Yes, you're a cuck.

Lol. It doesn't even know what "cuck" means.

GoldenCuck wrote:

GoldenMiles wrote:

I'm just a "PC cuck"

At least you got that one right.

You only read this thread to be "offended". The title told you everything about the thread's content, still you had to read it. You just had to. You knew it would make you feel good to be on the side of the "victims".

Yes, you're a cuck.

To be fair, the title didn't tell me everything. I figured it was written by a woman. And the OP didn't particularly bother me.

What is this fascination with "cuck" (presumably cuckold)?

rojo wrote:

I think the main reason why our website has more men than women is that men are more interested in sports than women.

Thanks for not deleting the entire thread because I don't have a problem with comments about a female athlete's looks, but when the comments are mean-spirited in a way that only degrades and hurt's an athlete...that post should be deleted. With that said, saying a female athlete is not attractive, too heavy, too thin or too muscular for your taste is an opinion that a particular athlete has probably come to terms with and figures you can't please everyone. But, when the comments are overtly sexual, particularly about a teen or saying something demeaning about a fully estrogenized female, saying she looks like a gorilla or a dude for example, that has crossed the line from unflattering to demeaning. When I see an unflattering comment, my first thought is to agree or disagree; beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. But, when the comment is hateful & hurtful, my very first thought is, I hope the athlete, friends and family members don't see that post. When there is a really hateful & hurtful post on LR, the athlete is usually told by someone not to go on LR, unfortunately, that's the first thing they do. Elites may not post on LR as much as in the past, but most of the middle/LD athlete's still cruise the site. That's the power of LR, but when you have power, you should exercise responsibility.

I am currently somewhat disconnected from elite athletes, I mostly know some coaches, officials/admins and parents of athletes. I know for a fact that that there are female and even some male athletes who have been brought to tears by some extremely mean-spirited comments on LR. An example is Priscilla Lopes, I know one of her former coaches who said, Priscilla is of such character, that he would bet his soul that she never even had a thought of taking a PED. He also added that her physique was genetic and that she was disciplined in the weight room, but no more so than her overall approach to track & field. The hurtful LR comments affected her emotionally to the point of impacting her performance. This was a difficult time for her boyfriend as well, who was not a track & field athlete and could not make sense of why people were attacking Perscilla. Perhaps a little less extreme was Treniere Moser back in 2013(?). The comments weren't about her looks, but there were long threads about her cleanliness, when there was absolutely nothing substantial about her career to suggest she was dirty. Her name even appeared in a LR survey where people voted whether she was clean or dirty. The LRC went crazy with doping accusations when she pulled out of a competition because of an injury, which if you know the story, she absolutely did have an injury. Treniere is another example of high character athlete who suffered emotionally because of the LRC. I don't have a problem with threads about doping suspicious or even accusations when you can show cause. It is extremely hurtful when the LRC piles on with 'baseless' accusations about a clean hardworking athlete who's seeing the results of their hard work and in fact has potentially lost out on medals to dopers. To have people on a popular message board assuming she is dirty, when doping goes against their your moral character. (That hurts!)

I guess what I am saying is, exercise free speech and you don't have to be overly PC. But, recognize that an athlete is someone's child, or spouse or friend and post like you have a heart.

Shaunae and her female friends are all very attractive. None of you have girlfriends anywhere close to that good-looking. If you did, you wouldn't spend time here.

Yes, but if you noticed from the comments, the posters were not judging the women in the picture. They were judging women in general.

Yes ^^^. I am a female and really thought, at first, that LetsRun was a cool place. A place where we can all talk about our running experiences and get advice. Additionally, I really liked how I could watch a race or hear some news, and see others reactions to it. People around me don't really care about running and it was great to talked to other runners. However, I quickly learned the atmosphere of LetsRun is far from what I expected. Its mainly men making fun of each other and degrading women. I mean gosh, every time I make a post, I expect some people to respond with absurd comments for no reason. This site really had the opportunity to bring runners together and I'm using this site less and less. If anyone knows of another running message board (with decent people) it would be great if you could contact me!

rojo wrote:

I deleted a couple of posts that were mean but I want to ask you an intellectual question. If a group of women pose for a magazine in their swimsuits and then put that up on twitter, why isn't it acceptable to notice their looks? The whole point of posing in a swimsuit is to draw attention to your body.

Feminism needs to take the next step. Just as it's ok for men with superior bodies (NFL players) to benefit from that, there is nothing wrong with a woman also doing that. Clearly, it shouldn't be the sole thing people judge but I don't see what is so upsetting about this thread.

Ms Miller had a great wedding and wanted to show it off.

Now I imagine they don't want to see negative reviews just as an NFL player doesn't want to see negative reviews. So don't be mean people. Stay classy.[/quote]

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An overly simple intellectual answer is this: many feminists argue that sexism is not something that men impose on women. It's an idea in our culture that men and boys are superior to women and girls. Objectification of women is one symptom of this. So, women spend a lot of time and money trying to make themselves look good, and all of us (women and men) are constantly looking at women and judging their appearances. Though men are sometimes ogled and judged, it's not the norm. Men don't feel pressure to look hot or sexy all the time, and most of us don't automatically/unconsciously judge men's bodies all the time.

Given the above, it's not surprising that a woman would post a swimsuit picture, basically inviting people to look at her and her friends. I also don't think it's wrong or unexpected for men to comment on it. Objectifying or admiring people's bodies is not inherently wrong or bad, and people on both sides get joy out of it. The problem is that women's looks matter too much in our society. Women are encouraged to be sexy, then they're called sluts when they dress sexy or actually have sex. If they don't try to look sexy, people judge them for being drab or prudish. If women were treated more equally (and really, great strides have been made), then maybe people would be less apt to reduce women to their bodies and be able to admire attractiveness when they see it without being nasty to those who they don't find appealing.

rojo wrote:

John Clendon wrote:

And this is why not why female frequently visits this message board. These kind of threads.

I think the main reason why our website has more men than women is that men are more interested in sports than women. I just looked up the stats on alexa . com and us and flotrack have similar male female ratios and they don't have much of a messageboard.

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sbeefyk1 wrote:

I used to throw up walking to class almost daily. My college had long stairs to walk up and fat girls would wear skirts that show everything. I'm not sure who told them they are attractive and that they should buy a skirt and thong. But whoever did should be shot and murdered.

Don't worry, they were looking at you and thinking you have either cancer or AIDS. Obviously you looked. Don't be so f***ing judgmental.

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An overly simple intellectual answer is this: many feminists argue that sexism is not something that men impose on women. It's an idea in our culture that men and boys are superior to women and girls. Objectification of women is one symptom of this. So, women spend a lot of time and money trying to make themselves look good, and all of us (women and men) are constantly looking at women and judging their appearances. Though men are sometimes ogled and judged, it's not the norm. Men don't feel pressure to look hot or sexy all the time, and most of us don't automatically/unconsciously judge men's bodies all the time.

Given the above, it's not surprising that a woman would post a swimsuit picture, basically inviting people to look at her and her friends. I also don't think it's wrong or unexpected for men to comment on it. Objectifying or admiring people's bodies is not inherently wrong or bad, and people on both sides get joy out of it. The problem is that women's looks matter too much in our society. Women are encouraged to be sexy, then they're called sluts when they dress sexy or actually have sex. If they don't try to look sexy, people judge them for being drab or prudish. If women were treated more equally (and really, great strides have been made), then maybe people would be less apt to reduce women to their bodies and be able to admire attractiveness when they see it without being nasty to those who they don't find appealing.[/quote]

Well said!

"admire attractiveness when they see it without being nasty to those who they don't find appealing."

Much better!

runnnnnernjjrvdj wrote:

I mean gosh, every time I make a post, I expect some people to respond with absurd comments for no reason.

Nailed it.

royo wrote:

Pix?

Also nailed it.

GD wrote:

Though men are sometimes ogled and judged, it's not the norm.

Men are judged according to how much money they make. Feminists also do this. "Not judging men by their looks" does not in any way make women morally superior.

Re: Shaunae and her female friends are all very attractive. None of you have girlfriends anywhere close to that good-looking. If you did, you wouldn't spend time here.

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Very true....so on that note, I would like the bride squad to know that I am available to be your date to the wedding. My family is from the bahamas so I have there's some common ground to start from.

Did she dive across the alter?

omg

bellingham wa? WWU?

Threatening "not coming on here" to people who could care less that you are on Letsrun forums is way more pathetic than gawking at 20 year old college students. Also, if you can't tell which thread is going to obviously have some sexist comments (easily avoidable) then you're also a moron.