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![🌿 "While at work the other day, a middle-aged male guest asked me, “What sport do you do, Tayllor?” as his greeting, to which I responded “I ran track, the 400m.”⠀
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“Ah, my niece plays for [insert university name here], and I could tell you were an athlete, you have that look.”⠀
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I thanked him, and he looked surprised and said, “Most girls don’t like hearing that.” I said back, “I am proud of the body I’ve worked so hard for and what I have.”⠀
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It's comments like this that grieve me, the social constructs around athleticism and body types for both men and women, that a man would assume I’d be ashamed or embarrassed by my athletic body, because I'm a woman.⠀
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I believe that each of us is strong in our own way, and in those strengths, we should celebrate ourselves and each other." 💚⠀
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Words + image by our friend, @taylloralissa⠀
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Comment with a 💪🏽 if this message resonates with you. It sure does with us. 👏🏼 #thefreewoman](http://scontent-sit4-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/c0.134.1080.1080/21433475_647588708770874_2380882191023341568_n.jpg "🌿 \"While at work the other day, a middle-aged male guest asked me, “What sport do you do, Tayllor?” as his greeting, to which I responded “I ran track, the 400m.”⠀
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“Ah, my niece plays for [insert university name here], and I could tell you were an athlete, you have that look.”⠀
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I thanked him, and he looked surprised and said, “Most girls don’t like hearing that.” I said back, “I am proud of the body I’ve worked so hard for and what I have.”⠀
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It's comments like this that grieve me, the social constructs around athleticism and body types for both men and women, that a man would assume I’d be ashamed or embarrassed by my athletic body, because I'm a woman.⠀
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I believe that each of us is strong in our own way, and in those strengths, we should celebrate ourselves and each other.\" 💚⠀
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Words + image by our friend, @taylloralissa⠀
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Comment with a 💪🏽 if this message resonates with you. It sure does with us. 👏🏼 #thefreewoman")
