McNair Poster Presentations McNair Scholars Institute 2014 Gender Performance in Womens' Mixed Martial Arts Linda Tompkins University of Nevada, Las Vegas Michael Ian Borer University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
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[email protected]. GENDER PERFORMANCE IN WOMENSʼ MIXED MARTIAL ARTS" Linda Tompkins, McNair Scholar, Sociology Major" Dr. Michael Ian Borer, Faculty Mentor, Department of Sociology" . ABSTRACT! DATA ANALYSIS I also had experiences with being matched with other female fighters who expressed very feminine Academic research has typically focused on men who practice Mixed Martial Arts and Typology of Female Fighter Types: characteristics. In this scenario the direction typically went in two different directions. First, I would be CONCLUSION AND FUTHER STUDY! their expression of hyper-masculinity. There is a lack of comparative work which paired with another woman who would put up a good fight (Neutral Female Fighter) by the end of the The first step of this study was to create a typology describing the three examines women who practice MMA as a sport. This article aims to address this The first task I completed in conducting this research was creating a typology (see match we would typically say to each other “Good fight” or tap gloves to let each other know that it was female fighter types.