Sports Illustrated Cover Too Sexy?

There’s been some minor controversy over the most recent issue of Sports Illustrated, which features Olympic skiing hopeful Lindsey Vonn crouched down in a racing pose.

It’s hard to see the problem — unlike the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, the picture isn’t blatantly objectifying Vonn as a sexual object — but there is an element of sexuality in Vonn’s skintight suit and taut hindquarters in the air as she skis down-slope. So what do you think? Sexy? Sexist? Or neither?

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