Thread: Is MMA a sport?
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Old 07-22-2009, 08:04 AM   #117 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru View Post
If you were actually a feminist, you'd know that it shouldn't matter whether one is a woman when making the decision to participate in MMA.

It's just how feminists criticize a culture that recognizes women for doing things just because they're female, or mothers, rather than for actually having done things that deserve recognition.

And comparing a woman's decision to participate in MMA to WWF "cat fights" simply because she's a woman who made the decision to become a fighter is opposite thinking of feminism. What can be said of female boxers or hockey players? Is that "cat fighting" and "roller derby on ice"?

Of course, this thread isn't about feminism, but I have a point: MMA is a sport, and there are women who will want to participate in that. (Imagine that, women in sports!) They shouldn't be coddled or given special "protection" from it.

/feminist
Thanks Baraka_Guru. It's what I was trying to say but state far better and far more completely.
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