A showing of "Lipstick and Dynamite" was shown Tuesday at 1:15pm at Saint Xavier University.
The show was a documentary about Women Professional Wrestling focusing mostly on early Women Wrestlers. It was interesting seeing how women were portrayed back in the mid-twentieth century. Even in the ring, the women had to portray the lady-like image. Women Wrestlers were wearing dresses, had their hair fixed, and more while they wrestled in their matches. This is ironic because women were labeled as inferior, weak, belong in the kitchen, cook dinner, and take care of the kids while the men work. However, these women were the start of something big. These women did not follow the typically image. They were reinventing themselves. Some men called them "pigs" others had much respect for these women. Today, we see women wrestlers that look anything, but lady-like. If anything they look tough, but slutty. The image of women wrestlers have changed throughout the year. "The Great Moolah," was as some of the other ladies put it, "one tough broad." She was a women wrestling world champion for numerous years. She even eventually began managing other women wrestlers and training. She was a major competitor against Billy Wolfe, a women wrestler promoter. For the longest time, he ruled the sport. If you wanted to be big, then you had to go with Billy Wolfe. Billy seemed stereotypically manager. He took a giant percentage of the women's earnings, and even became sexually involved with many of them. This is because he had the power and used that to get what he wanted out of the women wrestlers. Eventually, "the Great Moolah" ran him into the ground. She even started the current WWF that we see on television today. Many of the women wrestlers back then got there start from being the "pusher" on a rollerball team or were recruited from the carnival. These women were not ordinary, they were much more. They were women wrestlers.
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