Lightknight said:
Lunncal said:
the December King said:
Did Ronda do something offensive? I'm getting a vibe from the forum that Ronda has fallen out of favour- or that she's just not cool, either way (I don't really have time to look into it just now, so pardon my ignorance).
She was kind of a progressive icon for a little while, but then someone found out that she had said something transphobic in the past, so there was a huge backlash against her. Of course, because opinions on those kinds of subjects are always extreme, she flipped straight from being a feminist hero to being an irredeemable villain in many places (and many media outlets).
Wasn't her topic regarding transfemales in the UFC having an advantage?
At some point people are going to have to realize that all benefits of being a man for the first 20 years of your life don't go away after two years of estrogen. From bone structure (public angle makes a bigger difference than one might think), bone density, organ size to sex-linked traits like reaction time. They have an unfair physical advantage whether they are females or not and it is justified for a female fighter to acknowledge these things. There is a reason why there have been such a significant number of transfemales competing at the top levels in multiple womens sports including everything from UFC to women's golf. Though I'm still not sure how the heck being transfemale would translate into being a better golfer. Perhaps pelvic angle and disproportionate strength?
Now, if she said something other than that then I am simply unaware of it.
Note: This comment brought to you by me, husband of a transman. So think twice about where I'm coming from when I acknowledge that a transfemale isn't necessarily on equal footing with a non-trans female. If you have a fair counterpoint, please bring it up but at least consider that my comment here isn't from the perspective of a bigot before responding.
Yeah, pretty much the above thoughts about transwomen in MMA and her shooting holes in questions about gender pay-gap in sports which interviewers put to her in interviews are how she lost favour with "progressive" and "SJW" types. I have paraphrased slightly, but here are the bare bones...
The trans argument-
"RR: I have been grappling for most of my life and the bone structure of the person, which is determined in most cases years before transition, is an important element of physique for fighting, as are testosterone levels and the effects that they have on muscle mass. Even post-op transwomen often have higher levels of testosterone, which are often countered with anti-androgens.
Ideologues who never trained MA: That's transphobic! A transwoman is exactly the same as a cisgender woman!"
And the gender pay gap one-
"Reporter: Don't you think it's unfair, as a woman, that Floyd Mayweather gets paid more than you?
RR: Not really. We compete in different sports and he's the biggest draw in his sport. I get paid well compared to other UFC fighters because I am the biggest draw in my sport and the UFC is fairly gender equal: there's no WUFC, just a UFC."
Also ROFLMAO at all the keyboard warriors whose life experience of martial arts was going to a karate class as a kid, walking up and down in a line, getting bored and quitting. No, tell me again how Ronda Rousey is shit cos she lost one fight. That is a competition, whereas life is a bell-curve. Losing a fight at the top international level doesn't mean that you are a bad fighter. Even getting to that position, much less becoming the champ, means that you are so far right on the bell curve that as far as an average person is concerned, you are deep in BAMF territory.
Let me put it another way. I have over 14 years of martial arts training. Some silly stuff (Taekwondo for 2 years), some MMA stuff (BJJ and Muay Thai) some murdery stuff (Kali, Silat and Wing Chun) and I have long ago given up on ever being as good as anyone who competes in the UFC.
As for her playing Samus? Good luck to her, if she wants to. Acting is less physically demanding than professional MMA and a lot of former UFC stars have been in movies. While MMA is a race to get as good as you can before 40, when injuries and physical slowdown force almost all stars to retire, actors can keep improving their acting skills for their whole lives.
If anything, I would say that videogame-based films are perhaps the best genre for professional athletes to break into the movies: no-one expects you to be Oscar-worthy (consider the spotty history of the genre) your physique is helpful for action scenes etc. Also, considering criticisms of how bland and featureless Samus was in recent iteratons, such as "Other M", a so-so actress might actually work better.
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