Osu!
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Originally Posted by seienchin
well Dent, I have to say I agree with you, but it isn't sexism, because I don't see the value in men doing it either!!!!!
Can I flick your question back to you and ask, what is the value in men doing it? And why does that same value not apply to women?
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This is really a sit down discussion. I apologize for any gaps as I try to squeeze my opinion into a few lines.
That dissonance is why I called potential sexism into it. From my POV, men are praised socially for looking like they've been through the wringer. (And we could spend hour after hour discussing why that is, but I'll just take it as read.) The same standard does not apply to women.
I believe that FightSport is a far preferable outlet for young men to their taking those same desires to the street. Given the number of young women brawling right now, I wonder whether it wouldn't do them some good too? Or is there a better way?
Violence against women, or even between women, has long been an issue due both the reproductive and resource influenced questions. I know they aren't helpless little flowers in need of a man's protection, but they are just as vulnerable to exploitation as any man, and as PowerofOne says, for different reasons than many men.
Just as I've seen guys fed a line on their skills to get them to face a much better opponent, I've also seen women served up to the spectators because of their looks. When those are sufficiently damaged, they stop getting offered fights, even if they are much improved over their earlier bouts.
Watching the videos, I can just see her getting a fight based on her appearance rather than her skills, facing off against a far better opponent, and then taking far more damage than she imagined. (Anyone been to a few post fight conferences?)
Personally, I want all my kids to follow their dreams, wherever they may take them, but I hope that doesn't take them in the same multiple-fracture direction it did me. I hope this for my son, but especially for my daughters...
Osu!