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The picture represents a young woman, training in a gym and punching a ball. She is wearing boxing glovers and her eyes are focused on the punch ball. She looks determined and confident. We don't know if she is alone or if her coach is standing by, giving her advice. It's seems that nothing and nobody could distract her from punching this ball. What we have here is a film still from Million Dollar Baby, a film directed by Clint Eastwood which has released in 2004.
Although a lot of women have taken up boxings in the past few years, it is still unusual for a woman to enter the male-dominated well at boxing and particularly professional boxing. Therefore, we can guess that this young woman must be an independent woman. She looks determined to a goal and willing to leave the beaten bath.
Being feminine / unfeminine is certainly no concern of hers. She is not the type of woman who follows crowd. She must be ready to lead and unconventional. She may want to become a boxing champion. She must be determined to prove to her manage and to herself that she can rise to the challenge.
Her family and friend's reactions are quite predictable. Her relatives may disapprove of the choice such a violent sport. Some of them may even consider as the black sheep of the family. They certainly don't understand how anyone, particularly a girl, can feel drawn to a boxing ring. Others may be more open-minded and understand her choice and must certainly be worry about risks taken. Boxing is a risky sport and she could easily get badly injured. She might even jeopardize.
As for me, my reaction is neutral. Of course, this is not very usual, but to be honest, I have never seen a male boxer live, the girls are full: in my classes, there were girls who boxed. I even think that at a non-professional level, there are more women. But on the professional, leadership is still occupied by men. As for the cruelty of sports, I read a topic on a forum that was opened in 2004 (when the film was released) by a girl who thought she would sign up for boxing and did not know which type to choose. It turns out there are many different types of boxing: English, French, Thai ... and some of them are not very violent. Anyway, I read on the site cosmopolitan.fr that the film Clint Eastwood had very positive consequences in the development of women's boxing. As I said, my reaction is absolutely neutral: if she is interested in boxing, let her take up boxing: it's foolish to divide the sport into "for boys" and "for girls."