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“Gay BJJ”
Grappling with Hegemonic Masculinity: Masculinity and Heteronormativity in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
A SCHOLARLY PAPER FROM THE GRIEVANCE STUDIES PROJECT
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In the identify of Richard Baldwin, Ph.D. (borrowed identity), professor emeritus of history at Gulf Coast State College (and professional bodybuilder) by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose.
Summary: This paper was the first hoax paper we conceived of and wrote in the Grievance Studies Affair proper (therefore, not including “The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct,” which preceded the official project). The premise, building off various “studies” of sports, was that the real reason men are attracted to participate in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) is so they can enact homosexual erotic fantasies in a mode of deed that’s “coded” as masculine and heteronormative. This plan was building off a surprising body of literature that argued similar things for other sports. In that this was our first hoax paper, it was written as a true hoax: we cited at random, did not attempt to understand the relevant material, and made extrao
We all know that Homosexuality is not fully approved in Eastern Europe, as we are still more conservative than our Western European neighbors. What if if some of your BJJ training partners happened to be gay but didn’t tell anybody? How would you react? I found this interesting anonymous blog post from a gay BJJ player who adressed the issue of Being gay in BJJ:
“Truthfully, this would probably proceed over better as a YouTube video, but I figured that I haven’t actually written on this blog in a while, so this is a good excuse to accomplish just that. As the title states, I’m going to talk about existence gay in the sport of BJJ. The thing that stopped me from posting this in the past was I didn’t want to beat a dead horse. After all, this topic has been done talked about many times over in the BJJ community, but never from perspective(to my knowledge) of someone who was openly gay and active in the BJJ collective. I’m that guy. So I will list questions I get both inside and outside the BJJ community as the answers are for the most part exactly the same.
1) What do I execute if I suspect my training partner is gay? Answer: Ask him/her. It really is that simple.
In Jiu Jitsu, I affectionate stirring trouble by challenging dogmas and absolutes and ushering everyone to test things that make no sense. Then, I beam with joy as I see people’s expressions when they start thinking and stop simply accepting. I will attempt to execute the same today on a subject just as important as any approach or concept in the sport – homosexuality in Jiu Jitsu.
“It’s Only Homosexual if You Make Eye Contact”
This is a sentence most people involved in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu possess heard and possibly said themselves. I have as well, repeated it as part of the society. Somehow, just like many other “stereotypical” BJJ things, this one never made much sense to me, and I don’t enjoy things that make no sense.
Even people outside Jiu Jitsu use this expression, commenting on the proof that two people of the same gender roll around on the soil in weird positions and in such close proximity.
As a straight man, comments of this nature never got to me if they were intended to be insulting. If it was a joke, it failed miserably in that department.
Homosexuality in Jiu Jitsu is something that should not be discussed. Why? Let me draw it out for you: it is just sexua
Written by Christophe ‘Pank’ Levy, BJJ and Luta Livre black belt and leader instructor of Raca Luta Academy in Paris, France.
For those who do not know me, in my life I have two interests, the psyche of the human being and martial arts. These two things have the lead of quickly showing you what hides behind the speeches, attitudes or expectations of each practitioner. I will return to this later.
Today I want to highlight a conversation that I had recently with a Brazilian female ally about the homophobia that is present in Brazil. After a general conversation, we came to the subject of homosexuality in sports and especially in Jiu-Jitsu.
Since the many years that I’ve been education Jiu-Jitsu, I thought that I had heard it all. I remember when traveling to Brazil, I was told that Jiu-Jitsu ‘Pitboys’ would beat up gays and transvestites , because they were ‘disgusting’ (I’ll spare you the words).
So what about at home, in France, in our dojos? I appreciate the idea of the neutrality of dojos. We wear the Gi to avoid highlighting our political beliefs, moral, religious or even sexual, we go away our differences aside for a
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