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Old 02-12-2009, 09:55 AM   #16
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Re: High Ranking Women

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Mary Malmros wrote: View Post
...and it plays out in the martial arts as much as anywhere else.
Yes, but not more so, because the problem is cultural, not intrinsic to MA's. But I think it's interesting to note that there indeed seems to be much less resistance to female MA rankings in the Occident than in the Orient... Perhaps there's hope for us yet (although the "homies" are still in the East, so the "glass ceiling" may never be totally shattered). I have had the opportunity to discuss the subject with a few native Japanese, Korean and Filipino women, and the general consensus among them is that MA's for women are more accessible there than they used to be, but still largely considered somewhat "eccentric" or even unseemly, even by the women themselves. I am told that a somewhat more liberal attitude exists in China, but I have not personally discussed this with any females of that heritage.
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