There had been much controversy over Amanda Beard posing nude. Most of the reactions seem to be negative so I tried to find an article which defends her. Amanda Beard had previously posed nude for Playboy and has now posed nude for PETA. The tagline of this advertisement read "Be Comfortable In Your Own Skin, Dont Wear Fur." This ad came out just before the 2008 Olympic games, mainly because the fur industry is huge in China. Amanda did not seem to do this because she was looking for more money but instead she tells, "I have seen a lot of the videos, and [it] brings me to tears," Amanda says. "What [some people] think is pretty is actually something that's very gruesome and gross." Most of the negative articles about Beard posing nude looked down on her and stated that she was setting back women in sports as a whole. I do not see this as a set back for anyone. There are plently of male athletes who pose in the same manner as most of the female athletes today so I do not see this as abnormal. When people can realize that its about their performance as athletes and less about body image, concern might shift to more important issues in society.
-Andrew Force
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It is true that our society should focus more on female athletes performance instead of their body image, but it is also fair to say that female athletes should focus more on their own performance instead of their body image. Women who pose nude or provocatively are looked at more so as a model rather than an athlete. Women have worked so hard to get where they are today even the littlest thing can set women in sports back. It is true that males also pose as models in underwear adds, but all in all they are seen as athletes before anything else. Women need to hang on to every ounce of dignity they have in order to keep pushing toward the future and continuing to progress in a successful way. Unfortunately men do not have to be as cautious about their decisions to model and women cannot afford to be naive about the decisions they make.
-Megan Benbow
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