Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman Says She Was Body Shamed At The Airport Over Her Arm Muscles

On Wednesday, 23-year-old Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman tweeted about a gymnasty (sorry I couldn’t help myself) experience she recently had while going through airport security. She says it happened while interacting with a woman TSA agent and a man TSA agent. The woman recognized she was thee Aly Raisman by her buff arms. The man, however, doubted that was true. He didn’t even need any proof, like photo ID or a box of Special K; he just assessed that her arms were too small and weak to execute moves like a roundoff into a back handspring. That really pissed Aly off.

Lady at TSA: "Gymnast? I recognized u by ur biceps"
Man at TSA: "I don't see any muscles" & continues 2 stare at me
How rude & uncomfortable

— Alexandra Raisman (@Aly_Raisman) May 24, 2017

I work very hard to be healthy & fit. The fact that a man thinks he judge my arms pisses me off I am so sick of this judgmental generation.

— Alexandra Raisman (@Aly_Raisman) May 24, 2017

If u are a man who can't compliment a girls ?? you are sexist. Get over yourself. Are u kidding me? It's 2017. When will this change?

— Alexandra Raisman (@Aly_Raisman) May 24, 2017

He was very rude. Staring at me shaking his head like it couldn't be me because I didn't look "strong enough" to him? Not cool.

— Alexandra Raisman (@Aly_Raisman) May 24, 2017

Aly Raisman has been very clear in the past about how proud she is of her body. She claims she used to get made fun of for having huge arms. Now she’s getting made fun of for having not-big-enough arms. Aly’s arm bullies need to pick a side and stick to it, because all this back and forth is no doubt very confusing for her bis and tris.

Shoutout to all the boys from 5th-9th grade who made fun of me for being "too strong". Thanks for forcing me to learn to love myself and my body. My muscular arms that were considered weird and gross when I was younger have made me one of the best gymnasts on the planet. Don't ever let anyone tell you how you should or shouldn't look. There is no such thing as a perfect body type. I love being a part of the #PerfectNever campaign. #GirlPower #Supporteachother

A post shared by Alexandra Raisman (@alyraisman) on Nov 9, 2016 at 12:30pm PST

I still have no idea why that dude was so committed to exposing her as a phony. Maybe all that negging was part of some weird humiliation-by-a-strong lady fetish that he has. Like, he was secretly hoping that if he pestered her enough, Aly would eventually drop her boarding pass and carry-on bag and challenge him to an arm wrestling match he knew he would lose? Shoot, that seems like a lot of work to go for a boner.

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