21 Reasons (#21)

Due to some work commitments and Mr and Mrs Swell's now annual sojourn to the South of France (not the bit that was recently on fire, thankfully), the FMS offices are going to be closed this week, next week and the week after. Nevertheless, as always, we don't want to leave you totally FMS-less, so we've lined up 21 Reasons, one daily picture (or two or three), plus one reason why we love doing what we do, as if we were explaining it to one not so convinced of the glory of the muscular female.

Enjoy!

#21
ENLIGHTENMENT?



And so to the last of our 21 Reasons. So far we have had facial beauty, Laine Costa's sweaty pecs, happiness, Lauren Martin Stow, the joys of obsession, Fanny Swerkstrom's bum, flexibility, lady pecs (in general, not just Laine's sweaty ones), curves, magnetism, that female muscle jawline, Guluzar Tufenk, abs, the fact that the sport has a champion as in-your-face sexy as Margie Martin, clitoral enlargement, biceps, Dani Reardon, exhibitionism, Female Bodybuilding contests, and, yesterday, the transformative powers of muscle. I could have mentioned many many others, but these were the 20 that ultimately made the cut. It hardly matters, but would our imaginary female muscle denier be convinced, do you think?

I think not.



No one is "convinced". I can't imagine what it's like not to be attracted to female muscle, and I would bet you can't either. We just are. It wasn't a rational choice. Attraction never is. Nevertheless, we suspect those who claim never to be attracted to muscle on a woman, even the smallest amount, are kidding themselves - that's why I call them "deniers", for example. We, on the other hand are "enlightened". We have, in the literal sense, "seen the light" - the fact that muscle women are just better.



We're not enlightened though. We're just wired this way. The deniers are going to see the light sooner or later. They'll have no choice the way things are going. "Strong is the new sexy" was the phrase du jour some years ago. Take away the "new" and you're bang up-to-date with the now. Female gym membership on the up and up, the number of women competing likewise. Meanwhile, weight training for women is growing in popularity in countries where just a decade ago it was unheard of. Even in the few countries where it's forbidden it's growing. More and more female muscle on the planet. The women who do it "enlightening" the women who don't to take it up. Muscles, for more and more women around the world, are desirable, and those that disagree will, the way things are going, be occupying the weirdo space where we once were.



So don't congratulate yourself too much. You weren't "proved right" or anything like that because you didn't have much choice in the matter. Rather you should count yourself lucky. You should absolutely feel blessed to be a female muscle fan in the current zeitgeist. It feels pretty good when your team is winning, doesn't it?

FMS returns to "normality" tomorrow.