“So she has played into the persistent, demeaning notion that women are worthy as athletes only if they have sex appeal. And, too often, the news media have played right along with her. In 2009, Lolo Jones posed nude for ESPN the Magazine. This year, she appeared on the cover of Outside magazine seeming to wear a bathing suit made of nothing but strategically placed ribbon. At the same time, she has proclaimed herself to be a 30-year-old virgin and a Christian” 
For Lolo Jones, Everything Is Image
By JERÉ LONGMAN

So she has played into the persistent, demeaning notion that women are worthy as athletes only if they have sex appeal. And, too often, the news media have played right along with her. In 2009, Lolo Jones posed nude for ESPN the Magazine. This year, she appeared on the cover of Outside magazine seeming to wear a bathing suit made of nothing but strategically placed ribbon. At the same time, she has proclaimed herself to be a 30-year-old virgin and a Christian” 

For Lolo Jones, Everything Is Image

9 months ago

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    This is completely ridiculous. You can be a virgin and a Christian and still have SEX APPEAL. It’s about what she does,...
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