ARN - Women only?
amberd@flash.net
amberd at flash.net
Thu Feb 24 14:35:15 PST 2000
Several also, very strongly, said they did not like or approve of women only
tourneys.
Amerinda
On Thu Feb 24 15:19:10 2000, ansteorra-rapier at ansteorra.org wrote:
> It's the current discussion on Lady Rapier ( ladyrapier at egroups.com ).
> Several have said that they had a great time ( i.e. more fun than the usual
> tourney ) with the Women-Only tourney at Estrella, for a variety of reasons,
> such as: a lesser emphasis on winning and a sense of community with other
> female fighters.
> I'm not really here to argue that point, and some of it is Kingdom
> Anthropology, but I WON'T spoil someone's fun, just because I might not be
> included in it!
>
> WR
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <amberd at flash.net>
> To: <ansteorra-rapier at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 2:28 PM
> Subject: Re: ARN - Women only?
>
> >
> > > It's about community....that's why a woman-only tournament is OK, or a
> White
> > > Scarf only tourney is OK, or even a newcomers tournament is OK! [ my
> own
> > > expansion on Don Dore's comments on different list ] Heavy Rapier is
> another
> > > community....really, it's not blanket snobbery!
> > >
> >
> > Note this is a personal opinion as a woman : Women Only Tourneys are not
> OK.
> > White scarf only and newcomer only tourneys should in no way be compared
> to
> > women only tourneys. The first two are based on experience. I don't know
> how
> > you would even begin to justify the the last. What other list would you be
> > refering to?
> >
> > Lady Amerinda di Praga
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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