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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
the point of feminism is not to give the right to women to compete in bikini's in a cage for the sexual titiliation of MMA's college aged male fanbase.
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No, the point of feminism is to attack the idea that simply being female dictates whether they should or shouldn't participate in something.
And whether women's MMA is titillating to college men is of no consequence, and the implication that this is the only function, purpose, and value of women's MMA is clearly anti-feminist. It suggests that female MMA only sexually objectifies women instead of allowing them to perform as competitors in a combat sport. This undermines women's legitimacy as athletes based on a kind of sexual fetishization of female endeavours in activities "meant only for men."
What other sports do women participate in purely for the pleasure of men? All of them?
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Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 07-22-2009 at 11:35 AM..
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