Letter to the Editor - Womens boxing in the 2012 Olympics

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Letter to the Editor

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Dear Sir/Madam:

        I am writing to express my approval to the article “Women’s boxing at the London 2012 Olympics: raging belle” published on March 8th, 2010 where it states that women’s professional boxing may be accepted worldwide at the Olympics 2012. I agree with it, because as a feminist I state that women have to have the same rights as men, that we have the same strength, and that this will mark women’s representation at the Olympics forever. But I strongly disagree with what people say that women boxing are not very nice to watch.

It is my firm belief, that first of all, women and men should be treated the same in all aspects, because we were created equally and we can do all the same things, and play the same sports, no matter what they are and you can’t make difference in relation to the sex you have, because that is not fair. We (women) work as hard as men and we have the same dreams, as in this case, winning the golden medal.

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Second of all, women in this sport, as men, make enormous sacrifices and this is a sport that has just started growing, and in my opinion it will reach high peaks, because we do not know what to expect and will make women’s power grow, and we will have opportunities to choose freely, because now a days the world is ruled mainly by men, and the society is centered that there are some games that men can play that women can not. So women’s professional boxing being accepted will change that, in a good way, just like women’s professional tennis, ...

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