by Miguelito » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:17 am
ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:Miguelito wrote:It was a much better piece than similarly veined articles I've read elsewhere. A few things jump out at me:
- How does she know it's because she's a woman? Maybe the ref was racist, and it's because she's black. Or maybe it's because he's ageist and it's because she's old? Or maybe it was because of a million of other reasons, but #metoo and women's rights will get her the most sympathy at the moment.
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Are you commenting on the Indy article or something else?
I don’t see where in the article it is pushing #metoo and woman’s rights as the cause. It spoke more to race and societal class.
I believe that that sexism could well be a contributing factor along with race & social class. But the article isn’t pushing sexism as the primary cause, is it? There is a significant backstory about sexism at the US open which it could have hooked on to but didn’t.
When it says ‘the man’ I read that as the institution/society rather than the gender.
I was more responding to the Washington Post article I linked to, which was front page and is driving a lot of the discussion in the US, which is mainly gender based. Most journalists are calling it sexist, as has the Women’s Tennis body.
However, a black female tennis star, Zimbabwean Cara Black, winner of 10 Grand Slam titles in doubles and mixed doubles, said she felt sorry for Ramos.
"He was just doing his job out there and calling Serena on what he saw. She lost control of her emotions. I don't think sexism was a part in it," she said.
Or, talking stats:
Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, was one of 10 women punished for code violations at this year's US Open, while 26 men were fined.
Most of the fines issued were for racquet violations - 14 men and five women.
Three men and three women were penalised for an audible obscenity, five men were fined for time delays, while four men and one woman were penalised for unsportsmanlike conduct.
(Source: BBC)
[quote="ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ"][quote="Miguelito"]It was a much better piece than similarly veined articles I've read elsewhere. A few things jump out at me:
- How does she know it's because she's a woman? Maybe the ref was racist, and it's because she's black. Or maybe it's because he's ageist and it's because she's old? Or maybe it was because of a million of other reasons, but #metoo and women's rights will get her the most sympathy at the moment.
.[/quote]
Are you commenting on the Indy article or something else?
I don’t see where in the article it is pushing #metoo and woman’s rights as the cause. It spoke more to race and societal class.
I believe that that sexism could well be a contributing factor along with race & social class. But the article isn’t pushing sexism as the primary cause, is it? There is a significant backstory about sexism at the US open which it could have hooked on to but didn’t.
When it says ‘the man’ I read that as the institution/society rather than the gender.[/quote]
I was more responding to the Washington Post article I linked to, which was front page and is driving a lot of the discussion in the US, which is mainly gender based. Most journalists are calling it sexist, as has the Women’s Tennis body.
However, a black female tennis star, Zimbabwean Cara Black, winner of 10 Grand Slam titles in doubles and mixed doubles, said she felt sorry for Ramos.
"He was just doing his job out there and calling Serena on what he saw. She lost control of her emotions. I don't think sexism was a part in it," she said.
Or, talking stats:
Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, was one of 10 women punished for code violations at this year's US Open, while 26 men were fined.
Most of the fines issued were for racquet violations - 14 men and five women.
Three men and three women were penalised for an audible obscenity, five men were fined for time delays, while four men and one woman were penalised for unsportsmanlike conduct.
(Source: BBC)