Hmm...
I think that a lot of people on this board, (and in the bodybuilding community in general), need to re-asses the homophobic attitudes that are being displayed. Look....we for better or worse are a Sub-Culture and we need to collectively start thinking like a sub-culture. It is not in our best intrest to constatly berate and marginalize what is clearly a pre-dominant segment of our culture. (I am refering to the gay culture prevelant within bodybuilding.)
If one were to look at other sub-cultures, (the underground punk culture would be a good example off the top of my head), then we can see while they clearly have their own issues, and problems, they tend to be for more united and accepting of whomever may be within their ranks. We should start adopting the same attitude. There is no point in bitching about how we are unable to appeal to a more mainstream audience... we need to start having more pride in the fact that we are different, and even with a lot of the superficiality and stupidity that is prevelant, we are not like average people.
The average person does not have the discipline to change themselves in a dramatic fashion, nor does the average person have the ability to suffer for their utmost dreams/desires. Many people like to dream, but few are willing to put in the insane work ethic to achive those dreams.
Yes many of us get into bodybuilding for what are arguably the wrong reasons, (be it a poor self-image, overcompensation etc), but the fact remains that many of us are better and superiour to the average person, not out of additional muscularity, or by birthright, but becuase we are willing to do something, and we are willing to make our internal vision an external reality.
The bottom line of this meltdown is the old adage... "a kingdom divided against itself cant stand." In my honest opinion it is counterproductive to constantly bitch about the gay element in bodybuilding. Its there, but so fucking what? We need all the support we can get if we wish for this sport/endeavor/sub-culture to endure.
M!
" By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired"
Kafka
