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MMA
FIGHTERS MASK THEIR FEARS...
(Caption):
MMA fighters such as Jeff "The
Snowman" Monson know how to control their fear and use it to their
advantage...
By Martial News
Reporter
A
STUDY has found that MMA fighters have unique ways to mask their fears.
This allows them to project a confident face to the opponents while in
the
cage.
Christian Vaccaro,
a sociologist
from Indiana University, Pennsylvania, who led the study with
colleagues said: "Successful
management of fear by men in contact sports may create an emotional
orientation
that primes men to subordinate and harm others.
"By
suppressing fear, empathy, pain, and shame and
evoking confidence and pride, males signify their alleged possession of
masculine selves.
"By signifying masculine selves through evoking fear and shame in
others,
such men are likely to more easily secure others' deference and accrue
rewards
and status.
"Managing
emotional manhood, whether it occurs in
a locker room or boardroom, at home or the Oval Office, likely plays a
key role
in maintaining unequal social arrangements."
The research
was
conducted over a two year period and included interviews with more than
100 MMA
fighters to analyse how they managed their own fear while adopting
intimidating
personas to instill fear in their opponents.
