jasmined:Female lifters say they are told that the sport will make them unattractive to male suitors
jasmined:Female lifters say they are told that the sport will make them unattractive to male suitors; marriage is still considered the most important event in a young Emirati woman’s life.“A lot of women say, ‘Wow, look at her body,’ ” Al Haddad said. “They ask me how to get lean, and when I say I weight lift, they get scared. But it’s the 21st century now. I don’t want to get married until I make the Olympics.”(via Amid Glares, Female Muslim Weightlifters Compete - NYTimes.com) -- source link