Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
There certainly would have been if we had messageboards when John McEnroe was playing.
You can't be serious
Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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Originally Posted by
Auntie Andy
Has there ever been a 2 page thread about a white male tennis player losing his temper on here?
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Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
There certainly would have been if we had messageboards when John McEnroe was playing.
Tim Henman too!
http://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_...bledon-history
Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
There certainly would have been if we had messageboards when John McEnroe was playing.
Would the men on here have been making derogatory comments about his physique? Oh and by the way McEnroe apparently never received a game penalty.
Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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NYCBlue
Fellow tennis professionals?
Martina the great don't,she not shown dignity, and instead of apologising for her outburst drags sexism in and her children thinking she's a cheat ,lady lacks class.
If you watch the full incident there are periods of silence from the umpire allowing her to cease the moment ,breath , and calm herself .
Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
There certainly would have been if we had messageboards when John McEnroe was playing.
Indeed , as they are well paid individuals ,
and I can clearly remeber his behaviour being questioned and being called a spolit brat over all the media for days ,this board with its anti American stance ,would have had a right rant .
Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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Originally Posted by
Auntie Andy
Would the men on here have been making derogatory comments about his physique? Oh and by the way McEnroe apparently never received a game penalty.
I'm almost certain that isn't true, he was even disqualified from a match in Australia.
https://goo.gl/images/tJTN24
Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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Auntie Andy
Would the men on here have been making derogatory comments about his physique? Oh and by the way McEnroe apparently never received a game penalty.
But he did receive a match penalty once
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...ustralian-open
Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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Auntie Andy
Why are men such sexist Pigs?
That statement in itself is sexist, surely. It would be like me saying "why are women such whiney bitches?".
Maybe try not to generalise an entire group of people if you're trying to make an argument in relation to equality in the future.
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Originally Posted by
Heisenberg
That statement in itself is sexist, surely. It would be like me saying "why are women such whiney bitches?".
Maybe try not to generalise an entire group of people if you're trying to make an argument in relation to equality in the future.
OK I’ll rephrase. Why are the majority of men sexist pigs :biggrin:
Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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Auntie Andy
OK I’ll rephrase. Why are the majority of men sexist pigs :biggrin:
I don't think many are really. I think most actually think twice about saying almost anything in the presence of women they aren't close to whereas the older ladies in my office often openly discuss colleagues or visitors looks. Doesn't offend me but if it was myself and an older guy doing it we would be sexist pigs.
Switch the tennis match around to a male player berating a female umpire in the way Serena did and the headlines would still be about sexism only the victim would be the umpire.
I think the biggest compliment you could pay her would be to critisize her behaviour and say she should have taken her punishment like a man.
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She'd never have got away with this behavour in Russia.
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This is what happens when you let women play sports.
Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
There certainly would have been if we had messageboards when John McEnroe was playing.
Probably. I loved JM. The Borg McEnroe movie last year was superb.
Anyone else see the Curb episode with McEnroe? So funny when Larry and McEnroe jot tanked up at the baseball game for being too loud laughing at Larrys 'Freak' book.
Anyway, with Williams whether she was justified in feeling aggrieved is besides the point. She completely undermined her opponents great victory by being over the top in her outrage. She should have dealt with it in another way and had the maturity to control herself. Telling the Umpire that he will never work as an Umpire again stinks of arrogance and being a spoiled brat.
Men players certainly get away with worse and I feel she was harshly treated on the court... but her reaction.. Jeez.
Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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jamieccfc
I haven’t seen federer,nadal or Djokovic have a meltdown and start giving it the big un that that call wouldn’t be made against a female :shrug: if they did there would be outrage
I think she had a point about being coached from the stand... it happens all the time and I thought it was unfair for the Umpire to call her out on that while so many other players get coached from the stand.. Saying that her reaction was outrageous and sets a bad example. If she had swallowed her pride and made a complaint about this behind closed doors that would have been the best approach. She has been in the game long enough to know on court ranting is unproductive. I have no issue with the Umpire disciplining her for her conoduct and for smashing her racket. It is such a shame as it deflected away from her opponents great win. She completely disrespected her opponent by her antics.
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Guardian piece on Serena is pretty balanced although I have no idea why Pellegrini is getting involved :)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/bl...-us-open-final
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Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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life on mars
Quite right
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The Bob Banker Spanker
Quite right
He's won six majors now .
Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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life on mars
Bloody awful WomMAN.
Dislike them both , they are not normally built women, and its been an unfair contest for a while in my humble view
If someone told me this ^^ statement was posted by Donald Trump on his twitter account I wouldn’t question it’s authenticity.
That’s got to be worrying for you.
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KenfigBlues
This is what happens when you let blacks play sports.
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Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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life on mars
Bloody awful WomMAN.
Makes me laugh , banging on about her kids thinking shes a cheat , well she said it loud enough to bring it to their attention
Then moved it to sexism
Phew we escaped the racism one I guess .
Dislike them both , they are not normally built women, and its been an unfair contest for a while in my humble view
Poor winner
This seems completely at odds with the sanctimonious rubbish you post on the politics forum.
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Divine Wright
Fixed
If you’re going to alter my post at least put the word you added in bold or put my unedited quote first.
Re: Serena Williams cries sexism
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Divine Wright
If someone told me this ^^ statement was posted by Donald Trump on his twitter account I wouldn’t question it’s authenticity.
That’s got to be worrying for you.
To be fair he's a billionaire leader of the worlds largest economy. What he says can't all be wrong.
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Trigger
To be fair he's a billionaire leader of the worlds largest economy. What he says can't all be wrong.
A man who is a greedy, offensive bully might be appealing to people who also identify with those traits. It doesn’t mean it’s ok to talk about people’s mothers, wives, sisters and daughters like they are cattle.