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    <title>Women’s boxing: Olympic discipline or blood sport?</title>
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      <title>lavanya1307 is asking Laura Saperstein</title>
      <description>Based on your own personal experience, what advise would you give the aspiring female boxer?</description>
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      <title>sevenof8 is asking Laura Saperstein</title>
      <description>Women's boxing in the UK doesn't seem to be as popular or recognised as it is in the U.S.A. where female boxers such as Laila Ali have celebrity status. Why do you think this is and do you think it will...</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/521/Womens_boxing_in_the_UK_doesnt_seem_to_be_as_pop.aspx</link>
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      <title>Londontowner is asking Vivienne Nathanson</title>
      <description>Certain groups like young males routinely put themselves at above average risk by driving. Hundreds are killed or injured each year, yet society tolerates it and  is legal. So why ban boxing for women?...</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/526/Certain_groups_like_young_males_routinely_put_them.aspx</link>
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      <title>sevenof8 is asking Vivienne Nathanson</title>
      <description>Boxing is becoming increasingly popular for women as a form of exercise, with many gyms promoting it as a good form of self defence and a way of improving self confidence, along with it's physical health...</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/528/Boxing_is_becoming_increasingly_popular_for_women.aspx</link>
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      <title>citybird15 is asking Laura Saperstein</title>
      <description>If women’s boxing isn’t included at the 2012 Olympics what effect if any will this have on your future as a sportswoman and do you think it will have a negative impact on the growth of women’s boxing?</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/553/If_womens_boxing_isnt_included_at_the_2012_Olymp.aspx</link>
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      <title>citybird15 is asking Vivienne Nathanson</title>
      <description>Do you think that including women’s boxing in future Olympics will have a serious impact on the numbers of girls taking up the sport in the future, and are the BMA taking steps towards blocking it’s inclusion...</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/554/Do_you_think_that_including_womens_boxing_in_futu.aspx</link>
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      <title>shakeel8 is asking Vivienne Nathanson</title>
      <description>The BMA states that it is morally unacceptable in our society to promote a sport which aims to inflict brain damage on an opponent, especially in regards to children. However  both the Police community...</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/555/The_BMA_states_that_it_is_morally_unacceptable_in.aspx</link>
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      <title>shakeel8 is asking Vivienne Nathanson</title>
      <description>Recent media reports highlight both childhood obesity and growing disinterest in sports among teenage girls as major health concerns.  Given that there is no real evidence to show that amateur boxing ...</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/556/Recent_media_reports_highlight_both_childhood_obes.aspx</link>
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      <title>TiffMcMC is asking Laura Saperstein</title>
      <description>What are your feelings about women's boxing not being part of the Olympics? Do you see it purely as an obstacle to your career or do you see it as undermining the equality of women in sports?</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/557/What_are_your_feelings_about_womens_boxing_not_be.aspx</link>
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      <title>TiffMcMC is asking Paul King</title>
      <description>Given women's longstanding participation in international competitions such as the European and World championships, why do you think that women's boxing still isn't on the olympic agenda?</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/558/Given_womens_longstanding_participation_in_intern.aspx</link>
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      <title>Parisotto is asking Vivienne Nathanson</title>
      <description>At the moment public opinion seems in favour of boxing but we don't hear much about the health risks and or progress of anti boxing legislation.  What are the BMA doing to advance the anti boxing campaign...</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/559/At_the_moment_public_opinion_seems_in_favour_of_bo.aspx</link>
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      <title>Parisotto is asking Laura Saperstein</title>
      <description>Some people still consider boxing an unsuitable sport for women.  Have you had any negative reactions from either the boxing community or the people you meet in everyday life and do you feel people treat...</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/560/Some_people_still_consider_boxing_an_unsuitable_sp.aspx</link>
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      <title>Parisotto is asking Paul King</title>
      <description>Boxing is recently back on the curriculum in some London schools for girls as well as boys.  What would you say to a parent who was concerned about their daughter taking part in this sport?</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/561/Boxing_is_recently_back_on_the_curriculum_in_some.aspx</link>
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      <title>citybird15 is asking Paul King</title>
      <description>There is some concern about the inclusion of women’s boxing at the Olympics leading to the elimination of some weight categories in the men’s division, is this really a problem and would it have an effect...</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/562/There_is_some_concern_about_the_inclusion_of_women.aspx</link>
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      <title>ajnewman is asking Laura Saperstein</title>
      <description>Compared to other countries how do you rate the level of women’s boxing in the UK and is it good enough for us to have proper representation at the 2012 Olympics?</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/575/Compared_to_other_countries_how_do_you_rate_the_le.aspx</link>
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      <title>tobie75 is asking Laura Saperstein</title>
      <description>Sportsmen and Women have always been held as positive role models for young people, Amir Khan being an obvious recent example. At the moment there is a government intiative to get girls involved in sport....</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/584/Sportsmen_and_Women_have_always_been_held_as_posit.aspx</link>
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      <title>tobie75 is asking Paul King</title>
      <description>Who are the UK's rising stars in women's boxing? Do we have enough female boxers of a high enough standard to win medals at the 2012 Olympics?</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/585/Who_are_the_UKs_rising_stars_in_womens_boxing_D.aspx</link>
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      <title>tobie75 is asking Vivienne Nathanson</title>
      <description>What do you think about boxing being reintroduced into the school curriculum for girls as well as boys?</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/586/What_do_you_think_about_boxing_being_reintroduced.aspx</link>
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      <title>nanapaname is asking Laura Saperstein</title>
      <description>Do you think that women have a different boxing style from men?</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/600/Do_you_think_that_women_have_a_different_boxing_st.aspx</link>
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      <title>nanapaname is asking Vivienne Nathanson</title>
      <description>What do you think of programmes that show boxing as a positivee activity for young people? For example the recent channel 4 show Amir Khan's angry young men. Do you think such shows properly represent...</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/605/What_do_you_think_of_programmes_that_show_boxing_a.aspx</link>
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      <title>citybird15 is asking Laura Saperstein</title>
      <description>What are the female boxing community doing to get women's boxing onto the Olympic schedule and are you personally involved in any petitions or campaigns?</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/608/What_are_the_female_boxing_community_doing_to_get.aspx</link>
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      <title>sevenof8 is asking Laura Saperstein</title>
      <description>Female boxers are virtually unknown compared to the general public compared to their male counterparts. What do you thinks needs to change in the UK for female boxers to achieve the same level of sporting...</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/609/Female_boxers_are_virtually_unknown_compared_to_th.aspx</link>
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      <title>Emmski is asking Laura Saperstein</title>
      <description>What do you think are the main benefits of boxing for girls and how would you recommend it over other sporting activities?</description>
      <link>http://www.yoosk.co.uk/question/622/What_do_you_think_are_the_main_benefits_of_boxing.aspx</link>
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      <title>citybird15 is asking Laura Saperstein</title>
      <description>Why do you think that women's boxing isn't on the Olympic agenda?</description>
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