Sometimes the media pushes something and doesn't quite get what the outcome might be. Unintended consequences and all.
By showing a fit transwoman (or is it transman?), they're actually raising the bar significantly on the average woman. It's very easy to level the charge the the average American woman has become so dumpy, tattooed, and gross, than men now make more convincing women than actual women.
Granted, the cover model here is an outlier (I'm sure most trans people don't look nearly as good). But they're saying something with this cover they might not realize they're saying.
By showing a fit transwoman (or is it transman?), they're actually raising the bar significantly on the average woman. It's very easy to level the charge the the average American woman has become so dumpy, tattooed, and gross, than men now make more convincing women than actual women.
Granted, the cover model here is an outlier (I'm sure most trans people don't look nearly as good). But they're saying something with this cover they might not realize they're saying.