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Women's Judo Debate
Women’s Judo

My dear fellow judokas, martial arts practitioners and sports women, I, Gemma Gibbons, am delighted you have joined me today to unravel the nauseating, adverse light that has been shown upon women’s Judo recently. After, having unfortunately been exposed to an atrocity of a biased article revolved around yours truly, I felt compelled to express my rage and dismay towards the sexist, ignorant writer behind these fabricated words, Andrew M Brown. Ladies, who is he to tell us which sports are socially acceptable to practice? Does he have the right to make sexist remarks about our careers, when he himself, has spent time in a mental ward?

Mr. Brown, your article creates the wrong assessment of the beautifully orchestrated sport of women’s judo. In your absurd article, you have displayed forms of incredibly offensive sexism, relating to my sport. The showcasing of your old fashioned opinions towards women being dominant in a strong sport has infuriated me. Your lack of understanding and knowledge for female athletes participating in any sport, only make you look thick and sexist. Being a judoka myself, I have first hand experience of the sport, which puts me in a respectable position to inform that your accusations circling the sport is indeed, false. I apologize for my inconsiderate behavior, a judoka Mr. Brown, is someone who practices judo as a sport, male or female. Clearly from your fictional lies mentioned in your article you have no significant knowledge of the sport let alone the names of its professional practitioners.

I am not exactly sure how he could have the tremendous talent of successfully enraging the entire sports community from just the insensitive, foul, sexist language used in the title of your written piece. The title – a few words in length and Mr. Brown has already showcased his hidden talent of triggering the anger in a group of female athletes in just one click of the publish button. His disregard towards not only the

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