ARE FIT BODIES IN WOMEN MORE FEMININE? The purpose of this essay is to discover whether fit bodies in women are more feminine. In order to properly address this question it is imperative to define what ‘fit' and ‘feminine' represent in this context. If the definitions of ‘fit' and ‘feminine' are similar then it is quite possible that a ‘fit' body is more ‘feminine'. In Helen Lenskyj's Women, Sport, and Sexuality, she uses words such as slim, trim, and fashionable to describe what it is to be ‘feminine'. My definition of ‘femin ....