Kickboxing World Cup silver medalist, Pankration World Championship bronze medalist Angelina Semenova on the air of the program “There is a theme!” on “” admitted that men in social networks offer him to find out who is stronger.
– I encounter this regularly. [проявлениями сексизма в соцсетях], constantly, – said Semenova on the air of . “Unfortunately, it’s so insulting. They are aware [что я могу ударить]. And they offered to fight me. What amazes me a lot of men is that they really want to know who is stronger. I believe in myself, I understand that I can be stronger than many people, but why should I offer this? I do martial arts, but I compete with women, against women. Why do I need offers from a healthy grown man to work things out with him? It’s still taking my time!
It’s not a tackle, for me personally it’s disrespectful. That is to say, a comrade decides that he has the right to offer me, a person who has achieved something in sport, to fight with him. Why? I don’t understand. If it’s a tackle, it’s also stupid. I think that’s definitely sexism. Because when I meet people at work, they introduce me, they say to me: “Yes, you are a boxer…”. It annoyed me when I was young. Then I realized that I had nothing to prove to anyone. Do not trust? Go online and read! And they keep laughing. “Go cook borscht, give birth to children!” Did you ask? I have a child, I fulfilled my mission. What else?
– Three children?
– My ex-husband told me the same thing, that’s why he became an ex!
Semenova, 28, is a martial artist who also competes in mixed martial arts, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and boxing.
Source : MatchTV
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