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Why are guys so intimidated by women who can do Martial Arts?

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First off, no, it’s not 100% of men but enough men seem to be intimated by women who are proficient in any form of martial arts. There seems to be the saying that goes around, “Just see what happens if you make her mad!” Well just remember all martial arts involve the aspects of discipline, honor and pride, being in control of one’s self is paramount and only using violence to defend a person’s self is key.

Don’t people realize, man or women, a person who used say Karate do inflict abuse out of anger or spite would lose face with their fellow peers? The female members of the martial arts community don’t want to be seen in a negative light just as much as the men.

I personally, don’t believe that a female who knows martial arts is automatically more likely to inflict damage upon me if I irritate her. Instead, I believe that such a woman is more likely going to be more in control of her temperament than the general female population. I believe the REAL FEAR is that women who are proficient in any martial art are more likely to independently be able to handle themselves on their own and that fact, is a threat to a lot of men, who can only fathom being in the protector role.

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  1. Anyone who is proficient at martial arts can be a little intimidating to people who don't know those skills, male or female. Even if you know someone won't beat you up, it can be a little intimidating to a lot of people knowing a person can. I think its understandable that people who are intimidated by that don't want to date someone who intimidates them. But, as you said, not everyone is intimidated by people who can beat them up, knowing that they generally won't. Those are the people you should date, obviously.


  2. intimidated ? Its actually another fetish to some men, like chicks with guns.

    Also 90% of what is being taught to women is a rip off and no good for self defense.

  3. I'm not.  I don't know if others are.  I agree with the above.  Learning Martial Arts here, like karate, is mostly forms and such.  Boxing and MMA are different, if you seriously intend to be a fighter, but most of the "martial arts" people learn are not very intimidating.  Most of the karate "fights" are scored with points and stopped frequently, something like amatuer wrestling.  Nothing like a true street fight.

  4. Personally, I would not have any trouble dating a woman who studied martial arts.  It might be fun actually, haha!  But, seriously, I see absolutely nothing wrong or different about a woman taking martial arts than if a man took them.  It has been a long time since I have taken martial arts and I only did it for maybe six months when I was about ten years old (and I didn't learn much, either) but there were both men and women as well as little boys and little girls in the class.

  5. yeah... you wish they were intimidated

  6. having trained alongside and trained women in martial arts im certianly not one of those. i guess its just the fear of not having physical dominance, even if its not overt or conscious it is a consideration in males, its basic survival instinct.

    on the note of martial arts, there is no honor and pride involved and certianly no self-regulation and having dealt with women whove done "female" martial arts and men whove done martial arts for some reasons or who do certain styles are more likely to be violent.

  7. Don't want to get kicked in the nuts.

  8. O_O whip me beat me make me feel c................

  9. We are?  I missed that memo then.

  10. I've noticed that most people react with surprise when I tell them that I'm into several styles of martial arts. My boyfriend has no problem with that at all. If anything we made a deal that I would teach him what I know and he would help me with running and sprinting since he used to be in track (and running is my weak point lol).

  11. Society has it that the man is supposed to protect the women and so on, so when the women is a fighter better than her man, it brings ridicule like "oh, you need your lady to fight your fights for you" from both men and women. It's so retarded.

  12. not me. im a big martial arts fan and find it a turn on!

  13. I really don't know how true the main element of you're question is, but i can honestly say some men maybe jealous of a woman with experienced martial arts ability.

    It never bothered me personally, i dated two women who practiced some form of Martial Arts, one was a black belt in Kenpo Karate, and the other was a Russian Sambo expert. I was not intimidated by either one of them, and hey acted like any normal woman i ever came across before in my life.

  14. why must women become like macho men?  what good is that?  wouldn't society benefit from caring and intimacy instead?

  15. why? They way they teach martial arts in this country, it's more aerobics than a combat skill.

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