• dermanus@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    I just don’t really think something as simple as taking judo classes is really going to do much to tackle a problem that likely started at the socioeconomic scale.

    I think a role model of positive masculinity is a good place to start.

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      1 month ago

      think a role model of positive masculinity is a good place to start.

      Right, but what about being a judo instructor makes you automatically a positive masculine role model? Steven Seagal instructs aikido an even less aggressive martial arts and he’s a giant piece of shit.

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        1 month ago

        Nothing automatically makes someone a good role model obviously, but going through a program like Judo teaches you a lot of things like being humble.

        I’d actually contrast that to supposedly softer martial arts like aikido where you don’t actually train with resistance and therefore don’t get that humbling effect that I was talking about.