Talk About Tennis 2.0

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Brave or Stupid? You Decide...

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Mostly brave, and I would not call it stupid, but a little crazy. That bear could have torn her face off.

Many years ago on my way with relatives to eat in Québec City a small bear cub had found its way onto the highway. I wanted to slow down and while staying in the car look more closely but instead the driver sped up. His explanation was that the mother was nearby and that we were in a car she could, with a charge, possibly knock over.

In the heat of the moment she just reacted.

Ok, while in random, random I have to ask Ti...what's the original of your signature? Every time I see it I want to scream John Lennon didn't write or sing that, but I'm guessing there's a back story?

Stealers Wheel.

Oh I know... but I want to know why we are apologizing to John Lennon instead of Gerry Rafferty.

ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 4:03 am Ok, while in random, random I have to ask Ti...what's the original of your signature? Every time I see it I want to scream John Lennon didn't write or sing that, but I'm guessing there's a back story?

Ya know...wow. I always thought it was John and Yoko. I'll fix it. Thanks.

Ha ha, no big deal of course, just one of things I'd always see and wonder if there was something I was missing

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 3:03 am I was listening to a "regular" sports podcast (in other words rarely cover tennis).

Host is a former columnist.

One subset of their discussion on the Osaka topic that make me take a step back was how they knew that "tennis journalists are the toughest" and that "the questions Tennis players get asked would not fly in other sports" and other similar sentiments

That's because most other sports are dominated by men. And men aren't asked questions about their looks, their gender, their clothes or anything else that perpetuates the sexualization of their gender anywhere near the rate women experience.

the Moz wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:08 pm

Fastbackss wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 3:03 am I was listening to a "regular" sports podcast (in other words rarely cover tennis).

Host is a former columnist.

One subset of their discussion on the Osaka topic that make me take a step back was how they knew that "tennis journalists are the toughest" and that "the questions Tennis players get asked would not fly in other sports" and other similar sentiments

That's because most other sports are dominated by men. And men aren't asked questions about their looks, their gender, their clothes or anything else that perpetuates the sexualization of their gender anywhere near the rate women experience.

Male athletes also don't post photos bringing attention to their physical looks onto 'social media' nearly as often as female athletes do, either.

Do you think Genie (and many others) are really asking for comments on the quality of the material that their string bikinis are made of?
Not quite - they are seeking comments like "You look fantastic!", "You're so hot!", "Sexy mama!", etc.

You can't have it both ways.
When you voluntarily objectify yourself... Expecting to be able to have your cake, and eat it, too, is rather foolish.

Male tennis players absolutely do draw attention to their physical looks on social media just as much the women.

Also, women do not wear clothing for men, and they surely can dress how they want without the expectation that they will be sexualized. If they are, that isn't their problem...

I seriously doubt that very much.
Do a count and let us know the real results.

You can start by comparing bikini shots to Speedo shots, which are the equivalent. I believe the difference will be rather significant.

Why? I already know the answer. This post above is super gross.

Yeah, yeah... I've heard that from you before.... sigh...

If you're saying that males put as much focus on their appearance as females do, history proves otherwise.
Maybe you live in a different world than I do.

Clearly I do