For a HN reader, it's odd to see this topic here, especially since I have some experience around it (not doing it.) Fighting bulls is more of an art than a spo

For a HN reader, it's odd to see this topic here, especially since I have some experience around it (not doing it.) Fighting bulls is more of an art than a sport, and having seen women fight bulls in the Portuguese corrida, my impression was it is as different as male and female ballet dancers. Same art, but they bring something specific to it. While people say it's purely a masculine sport, one of the most famous rejoneadors (Conchita Cintron) from the 1950s onward was a woman. They are rare, but not novel. I think the spanish style is less artful than the Portuguese, as shown in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMYzoKjiXbk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMYzoKjiXbk Diego Ventura is a living master of the art. A number of women (rejoneadoras) like Lea Vincens and Noelia Mota are big names in the art. There is more valor, if perhaps less art, in the work of the Forcados (https://youtu.be/pRzPPThS_M0?t=62 https://youtu.be/pRzPPThS_M0?t=62) who catch the bull after the rider is finished with it. It's an aesthetic appreciation of a very specific kind of beauty, so people who are against it are unlikely to be swayed. I understand the bullfight is also a political wedge issue in spain and portugal, where progressives ban it and traditionalists promote it. It is an art with a lot wrapped up in it. Odd hackernews topic, unless you folks in California are going to the local corridas. Hey, if you've had a huge exit and want to fight bulls, I can probably help. :)