Stereotypes

Jillian Michaels is a very well-known personal trainer. She has had many successes in helping people get into shape and even she herself needed to get into shape. Given the general stereotype, if you're muscular that makes you a homosexual, Jillian Michaels both proves it correct and wrong. It shouldn't matter if you’re a homosexual in sports or not.

Michaels is open about her sexuality is currently in a relationship with a women but she believes that you fall in love with shouldn't matter. She has had previous boyfriends. "Let's just say I believe in healthy love. If I fall in love with a woman, that's awesome. If I fall in love with a man, that's awesome. As long as you fall in love ... it's like organic food. I only eat healthy food, and I only want healthy love!" She also has an adopted child which doesn't help prove her more feminine because she didn't have the child herself, she did rescue her. People may see this as her being homosexual because she is with a girl and adopted a baby. I do agree with that to an extent, but she still is attracted to men.

It could be said that Michaels preforms masculinity in her workouts by making it seem like a lot. However, she dresses very feminine and gives you an option of intensity in the workouts. If you have seen any of her workouts, you will see they are both intense and simple to do. If you think about it, she fits both masculinity and femininity because she is intense and gentile. You can even take a look at her techniques on her website.

Sexuality in sport shouldn't matter to people; it actually shouldn't matter at all. People just make small things like this a big deal. Gender shouldn't matter either; it doesn't make a difference to who you are as a person in sports. Seeing as Michaels is a very successful personal trainer her gender and sexuality should not matter at all. These stereotypes people give her could actually help make her a better personal trainer by trying to prove then wrong.