Olympics women's beach volleyball photos too sexy, critics claim
2012 Olympics August 3, 2012 by: Tracey Parece
August 3, 2012 marks day seven of the London 2012 Olympic Games; today, women's beach volleyball continues at Horse Guards Parade in London, England. Although female beach volleyball teams are no longer required to wear bikinis while competing in the Olympics, most of them chose to continue the tradition of skimpy two-piece swimsuits for the 2012 Olympics.
It should come as no surprise that the women's beach volleyball photos of competitors in bikinis come across as far sexier than photos of Olympians who chose to compete while fully clothed. While wearing a bikini, everything from hand signals to a congratulatory hug looks sexy. No one is blaming the women for being too sexy. The question is whether the photographers are gratuitously focusing on certain body parts or poses when they snap their photos.
As Jezebel noted, For all the objectification of Ryan Lochte that's gone on recently, all pictures of him include, you know, his face rather than his junk." However, speculation about whether Ryan Lochte has a girlfriend or enjoys one-night stands has reached an all-time high over the past few days, and nude photos of Olympian Danell Leyva are arousing a lot of interest, too. So, it isn't just the female Olympians whose sex appeal has been noted during the 2012 Olympics. They're just the only ones competing in bikinis.
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