Rusty Kanogi's Fight for Women's Judo



March is Women's History Month so for this blog I will post something to celebrate. I read an article about someone whose name is Rusty Kanogi. Kanogi was a woman martial artist in the 60s and 70s. At a competition, women were not allowed to compete. Kanogi though had to sub for an injured teammate. Although she was a woman, she dressed as a man and won the competition. Once the judges realized this she got her medal taken away from her. As a result, she made it her mission to fix this problem. Kanogi had a good legacy and helped women’s sports get recognized in the Olympics. In the 2000s she got her medal mailed back to her right before she died.

I would feel angry if a medal got taken away from me because I earned it and I should deserve it then. I would not do what Kanokogi did because I would just only try to get my own medal back and not go through all that trouble to make everyone get one. Kanogi did it for a good cause.

I think Kanogi helped make men’s league and women’s league get treated in the same way. Today, the men's league gets more attention than the women's league. I think this because men are generally more competitive than women. For example, Ronaldo and Messi are both the “GOATS” of soccer/football. They are competing to see who is better and is the best and they get more attention for doing it.

One unfair treatment that still exists between genders is the wage gap. This means a certain gender gets paid less or more than the other gender. One way to change this is to legally protest and hope to convince the government to pay more attention to the problem.

Overall Kanogi was an inspirational person. She fought to get her medal back even though she was a woman and the medal was from a men's tournament. The lesson from this is to stand up for yourself. This means if you are being treated badly you have to do something about it and not let it keep on happening. 

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