Definition of catfighting
Catfighting is a sexist, derogatory term describing a brawl between two women. The very word conjures up an image of a frenzied, out of control fight with nails used as principle weapons and the fighters are mere animals.
But, like many terms of injustice, the term has been appropriated by combative women to mean something else entirely.
Read carefully now because a lot of people still don’t “get” this: the “catfighting” we are referring to is “rules catfighting” and it has a long and treasured place in the history of female combative activities. It is really nothing more than a wrestling match in which the women are allowed to use certain pain-oriented techniques such as hair-pulling, breast grabbing, and slapping.
A rules catfight is PART of recreational wrestling.
While the term, in popular parlance, may mean a brawl and the rules in OUR world may be designed to simulate such an affair, rules catfights strictly prohibit punching, scratching, choking or biting. In short, they’re rough but not dangerous and the rules are set up to prevent any injury of any kind.
Catfights are usually continued until a submission.
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