The reaction I received from men who saw my first ever fight changed my life forever.
I was an impressionable teenager. And after fighting, I had never felt so alive. The
reaction of men was not unanimous, but all men in some way connected it to an erotic
feeling. Some positive toward me and some exploitative or hurtful toward me.
It made me feel desired, hurt, humiliated and courageous, all at the same time. It led
me to pursue fighting as my most important hobby ever since.