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Re: Muscles?
See, the thing is... in fiction... a woman being as ripped as the Hulk and still look like a woman - in proportion, face and so on...
In the real world, there's what the ever droll Ritz has dubbed "Dave syndrome" where, a woman has worked out so much that she loves the level of subcutaneous fat on her face and probably has a lot of testosterone in her system. Hence looking manly.
Of course, I think that it's such a love/hate issue is because - like furries and herm - it introduces something that is a substantial variance from traditional values of what makes a woman womanly. Hence, it's fine to have 99% of all male comic book heroes look like they were chiselled from living marvel in the image of the Greek gods but women who get portrayed as more than just toned/athletic - I think Powergirl is probably the best example... you'd think She-Hulk but no, until a few months ago she was pudgy... but I digress - you'll find they get a lot of flack.
Still, I could wax lyrical about this thing all day long - but that wouldn't change the fact it's a divisive issue.
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