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What cultural conventions did Robert Mapplethorpe challenge in his photographic portrait of female bodybuilder Lisa Lyon?

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Notions of femininity: that woman are supposed to be weak; that woman cannot be strong; that muscles look masculine; that muscles are not beautiful or sexy on a female.

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