Ring girls: Important tradition or antiquated sexism?

[Rip Chudd]

I wish you would have put a third option. It's not needed but I don't care if it stays

This^^^^^^^^

[Box-Office]

I noticed their absence in the last PBC event.

I never really saw a problem with them, but my wife absolutely detests the practice and has concinced me that they are offensive to female boxing fans (as well as female MMA fans).

Is it time to finally put an end to the use of ring girls in fighting sports?

Let me guess? You also pay for her student loans for that coveted Gender Studies degree.

[SlySlickSmooth]

what i dont get more than the ring girls is having the girls at the weigh ins.

[Sweet Jones]

Nah, man, it's not like that. She just thinks it's kind of degrading. Then I responded "so cheerleaders in football, same deal?" to which she replied "absolutely."

Apparently dancing and strutting around in a minimal amount of clothing to appease a predominantly male audience bothers her a bit, especially considering the fact that we're probably not gonna see any dudes in banana hammocks carrying a round card during a female boxing match. To her, it reinforces the notion that she isn't supposed to watch boxing because it's a male sport for male fans. But tbh, she knows more about the sweet science than some of the guys on NSB.

My friend, you apparently married well.

As with cheerleaders, most fans are indifferent to the existence of ring girls.

[PeasantCrusha]

Let me guess? You also pay for her student loans for that coveted Gender Studies degree.

HAHAHA! When I read his post, I felt sorry for him.

[Showtime..]

It doesn't matter, but it's just tradition. F^ck you if you call sexism on this of all issues

[Weebler I]

Don't care either way.

Theoretically though, if feminists want women to be empowered then wouldn't it make sense for them not to complain about women doing jobs they want to do?

Most women enjoy dressing up, showing off their figures and meeting people. Taking the opportunity to get paid while doing it on the grounds of feminism or sexism seems needlessly oppressive.

[LA_2_Vegas]

Perhaps it's her own sexism that prevents her from realizing that the only people in the building forced to go topless are the male fighters

[Mike D]

No offense but your wife sounds like a bytch

[Box-Office]

HAHAHA! When I read his post, I felt sorry for him.

He respects her opinion doe.