Rather than sexploitation it merely points to the fact that sex sells. To repeat the argument often expressed by those who reject the exploitation criticism Vonn was not likely forced to agree with the cover photo selection.

But hey, I’m just throwin’ stuff out here. Like the ‘controversy’ over photo selections of Sarah Palin that caused a minor spat over the last few months. I’m thinking she wasn’t asked if it was okay. To me, that is closer to exploitation even though the shots were used in another publication by approval of the subject. We could go on I suppose.