Grey Kid
Sep 21, 2008, 07:37 PM
Hey guys,
Recently, I was chatting to a very cute girl in a particularly boring lecture. Things were going well until she found out I do mma (fighting in a ring or cage), and that I do it a lot. She had an idea of what it was and I could tell on her face she was at least fazed if not perturbed.
Yes, I understand there are many negative connotations behind mma. For one, the fans happen to be largely uneducated, young testosterone fuelled males (as a generalization). It looks overtly violent. And even though the cage is a safety precaution, it looks animalistic. Therefore, the fighters and participants must all be barbarians.
Then again, I am a post-graduate college student, and who listens to Baltic gypsy rock and likes to hide in libraries, but most people tend to learn that you ‘fight’ and have preconceptions about you.
My question is to girls, does it bother you? Is it enough of a subconscious turn-off to make you question a guy’s suitability?
Recently, I was chatting to a very cute girl in a particularly boring lecture. Things were going well until she found out I do mma (fighting in a ring or cage), and that I do it a lot. She had an idea of what it was and I could tell on her face she was at least fazed if not perturbed.
Yes, I understand there are many negative connotations behind mma. For one, the fans happen to be largely uneducated, young testosterone fuelled males (as a generalization). It looks overtly violent. And even though the cage is a safety precaution, it looks animalistic. Therefore, the fighters and participants must all be barbarians.
Then again, I am a post-graduate college student, and who listens to Baltic gypsy rock and likes to hide in libraries, but most people tend to learn that you ‘fight’ and have preconceptions about you.
My question is to girls, does it bother you? Is it enough of a subconscious turn-off to make you question a guy’s suitability?