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Deuce? Why women continue to experience sexism in tennis : Comments
By Alexander Morgan, published 18/11/2015It's not just about prize money. It's about endorsements. It's about media exposure. It's about body image.
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Posted by Rhrosty, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 10:24:35 AM
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When women play the same game as men, not a cut down "20/20" version, come back. Till then stop whining about poor, rich women.
Posted by McCackie, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 10:27:19 AM
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Bare with me please.
The other day I read an wonderful article about Racism in Australia, I compared those people who accused Australia as being a highly racist country, with the body dysmorphic disorder. >BDD is a body-image disorder characterized by persistent and intrusive >preoccupations with an imagined or slight defect in one's appearance. Thus people with the Racism dsymorphic disorder, take the rantings of a drunken person as the truth about racism in Australia. Thus a person writing about sexism, can have a Sexism Dysmorphic disorder, where they take small example or imagined episodes of sexism and amplify them as proof os sexism. Thus like a person with is preoccupied with slight imperfections, real or imagined of their body, a person with SDD (sexism dysmorphic disorder) will see examples of sexism in every nook and cranny of life. Posted by Wolly B, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 11:01:09 AM
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Problem is that only about 3% of females play tennis each year, so not a large market to sell endorsements. But clearly, people who can demonstrate that they've played any high energy sport each week deserve a yearly tax rebate because of the huge health savings and good tidings they bring to the community. This would help players like Serena earn more closely to men players as well too.
Posted by progressive pat, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 11:36:05 AM
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Seems no problem when woman are required to wear skimpy tutu-skirts in netball (for the last 40 years) and skimpy beach volleyball outfits.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Beach_Volleyball_Classic_2007_(1444265768).jpg Also womens' track and field outfits are now virtual bikinis - see http://olympicgirls.net/sport-girls/erika-prezerakou_pole-vault_02.jpg If they receive most through advertising endorsements for wearing this stuff whats the problem with Eugenie Bouchard's tennis twirling? http://i1.irishmirror.ie/incoming/article5028307.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Main-EugenieBouchard.jpg Posted by plantagenet, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 11:49:48 AM
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One of the most irritating things about feminism is that it spreads the kind of learnt stupidity of which this article is a good example.
As feminists never tire of saying, "equal doesn't mean the same", so this disposes of the author's entire complaint. However if equal does mean the same, then it's not true that the sexes are equal, and this also disposes of the author's entire complaint. Let's get some home truths straight. Sex is sexist. The difference between male and female is sexist, because it intrinsically attributes different, non-equal, capacities and values to male and female. Secondly, men are sexually attracted to young good-looking women. I am tired of the sexist bigotry of the feminists in hating on men for this fact, which would be just as sexist as hating women for their reproduction. Oh that's right, the feminists do that too. Thirdly, there is no reason why people in general, and anyone in particular, should not prefer males for some purposes, and females for others. There's nothing wrong with it. And those who say there is something wrong with it, never apply this consistently to their own actions. The author is talking irritating gibberish which JUST HAPPENS to a) involve provoking disputes between groups in society b) be indoctrinated in him by the State through its propaganda arm, the universities Posted by Jardine K. Jardine, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 1:35:06 PM
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As for the longed for true equality?
Let the top four of men's tennis Take on the on four in women's tennis, the women could be given a two set advantage before a single rubber is played?
Or if you think that is sexist, over a full five set, with the last set decided by a two set advantage?
Women seem to use more of the court more intelligently and if on their game on the day? Could well run the pants off their male counterparts? A few wardrobe failures might assist that outcome by providing an interesting distraction?
I don't know what penalty we could extract for losing, except perhaps a sizable donation to the development of tennis in the most poverty stricken parts of the globe?
Let those with the deepest pockets be invited to sponsor it?
Rhrosty.