"What's Dirty about Boxing?"

"[Boxing] onspires a maleness in me that's not just plain old butchness. When I box I forget the difference between being a girl and doing something that men do, and just being my own unique kind of man -- I'm a different kind of man than my father was, I'm a different kind of man than my twin brother is ... but when I recreate myself in my father's image, I am what I wanted him to be -- and I am the man of my dreams."

--Jenni Olson, "What's Dirty about Boxing"