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How to Deal With Misogyny in the Dojo By SFC JeffJ - 04-17-2011 08:30 AM
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This has been going on for a while now. There is a student in what was formerly know as our weekly "advanced" class, where brown belts and above trained together, and it's hosted at my wife and I's school. But, our instructor has in the past six months opened up to lower kyu ranks.
One of the men who has been coming is quite the misogynist. The type that hides behind religion to back it up. His daughters, who also join in (great kids BTW, if undereducated), are the girls you often see wearing the long denim skirts, don't cut their hair, covered hair, ect....
are told by him it's not their place to teach men, which has caused some trouble when under ranks and been there and our instructor told them to show them something. But, because everyone likes the girls 'cause they are good students, it was given a pass.
However, the father will completely ignore anything my wife says and doesn't offer any respect. After all, it's not a womans place to teach a man.
I've had enough.
Next class, I'm going to talk to my fellow instructors about this. I don't care how much they like his daughters, I'm not going to have this kind of behavior in my dojo. Especially directed at my wife, who is the head of it.
I already have a few ideas how I might bring up this issue with them, but was wondering if any of you ladies did.
Thanks,
Jeff
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This has been going on for a while now. There is a student in what was formerly know as our weekly "advanced" class, where brown belts and above trained together, and it's hosted at my wife and I's school. But, our instructor has in the past six months opened up to lower kyu ranks.
One of the men who has been coming is quite the misogynist. The type that hides behind religion to back it up. His daughters, who also join in (great kids BTW, if undereducated), are the girls you often see wearing the long denim skirts, don't cut their hair, covered hair, ect....
are told by him it's not their place to teach men, which has caused some trouble when under ranks and been there and our instructor told them to show them something. But, because everyone likes the girls 'cause they are good students, it was given a pass.
However, the father will completely ignore anything my wife says and doesn't offer any respect. After all, it's not a womans place to teach a man.
I've had enough.
Next class, I'm going to talk to my fellow instructors about this. I don't care how much they like his daughters, I'm not going to have this kind of behavior in my dojo. Especially directed at my wife, who is the head of it.
I already have a few ideas how I might bring up this issue with them, but was wondering if any of you ladies did.
Thanks,
Jeff
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