Simone Biles' fierce beach photo started an internet conversation on the male gaze
 

Simone Biles' fierce beach photo started an internet conversation on the male gaze
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After the Olympics competition ended, a few of Team USA's gold medal-winning gymnasts took a well-deserved beach day in Rio.

When Simone Biles shared a shot of herself and teammates Madison Kocian and Aly Raisman displaying their strong gymnast abs, a Twitter conversation erupted, proving that women are subject to the male gaze ** matter their accomplishments.

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Firstly, here's the ab fierceness, posted by Biles on both Twitter and Instagram.



Many Twitter reactions were from supportive women, in awe of the gymnasts' rock-hard abs: Read more...



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