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When I was young (early nineties) I remember among all the other internalized queerphobia one thing even then I found very silly:

Mens Gymnastics (especially at lower levels) was always made the butt of jokes by toxic masculinity but my sister got to a point where was getting so jacked she could definitely kick my ass and she was 4 years younger and I was definitely pretty athletic from skateboarding.

Male gymnasts could very easily kick average chuds ass savagely.

TL;DR AGAB all gymnasts are Badasses. Terrifying even, if you think about it.

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Now let us consider how much the USSR went hard for gymnastics including male gymnastics.

This is leaving everything obvious abkut the casual viewer of female gymnastics reasons for watching. Like, first off, the dudes are hot too, athletes tend to look pretty hot, second I dont even fucking buy it, youre appreciating the gymnastics even if you won't admit it or youd jusr be watching porn instead cause it is later than 2002