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Fighting has always been seen as a very masculine thing. It is always associated with the man to be rough and tough.
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Combat Sports And Masculinity

Fighting has always been seen as a very masculine thing. It is always associated
with the man to be rough and tough. Men are always projected in the media and
other mediums as the ones who are supposed to be the protector. Thus combat
sports have been seen as only for the male gender and nobody else. Even in the
ancient era combating was seen as a man's job. It is interesting to note that even
in the twenty first century the perception has not much changed. And combat
sports still remain to be male ruled sports.

Normally whenever these sports are advertised, they are always targeting a male
audience who is ready to be all beefed up by learning ways to hit people. Bjj
classes, boxing classes, martial arts training
etc are always presented in such
a manner that they mark a territory that it is a man's sport or a man's thing to do.
They are always associated with masculinity as if saying that learning these
combating techniques is actually what makes a man a man, not anything else.

All over the world Bjj classes, boxing classes, martial arts training etc marked
as man's hobbies. Thus women are marginalized and are shunned away from
learning them. They are always taught to be more sophisticated and more elegant
and how learning these combating techniques are not ladylike behaviour. They are
always taught to be more submissive and play the role of being the damsel in
distress.

Women for a long time have been marginalized and forcibly kept away from
learning combating techniques as most cultures throughout the world frown over
such thoughts. It is interesting to note that it is seen as a threat that woman after
learning combating techniques might become difficult to tame. As ridiculous as it
maybe to read it, most men hold this view. And it is seen as if women lose their
femininity by learning techniques of these arts.

But slowly the image and perception is changing around the world as societies are
being more accepting of new ways of life. But the pace still remains slow. Although
schools and private classes are being held in different cities that teach women these
combat sports and making it a more unisexual sport rather than a masculine one.
Women have shown keen interest in these techniques and are good at it and this
shows how gender does not determine one's abilities.


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