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Andy Murray, ftw -- (link)

Posted by znufrii, dad. (aka znufrii) Aug 15 '16, 13:38

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woke as fuck. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 13:48
not to defend the idiot reporter but didn't he basically fumble the question? Not "first person to win two" but "first person to win two consecutive" - oblique Aug 15, 13:45 22
- why would we think that was the question he intended? -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 13:47 3
  - because his question is so obviously stupid (like you said, not the first swimmer to medal) that the then obvious thing he left out was "singles" - oblique Aug 15, 14:03 2
    - I thought you said you were not defending the reporter.. Which is what you are doing.. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 15, 14:11
    - There's also a history of dismissing women's tennis to consider - Reagen Aug 15, 14:05
- Williams sisters won back-to-back doubles gold in 2008 and 2012, iinm, so he'd still be wrong. -- nm* - znufrii, dad. Aug 15, 13:46 17
  - and technically his achievement was for *singles* gold - oblique Aug 15, 13:48 16
    - It doesn't have to be intentional to be an example of sexism. - znufrii, dad. Aug 15, 13:50 13
      - truth be told, sexism usually ISN'T intentional. which is inheritantly part of the problem. "oh, right right, i just don't think of the girls when we - Andie Aug 15, 13:52 12
        
        It's in the same vein as this. -- (link) - Tim Aug 15, 15:15
        
        I dunno. The guy medals in a specific event (I don't know if this particular tennis player also plays doubles). He just became the first to get two - oblique Aug 15, 13:55 9
        
        I wouldn't say he's a sexist reporter. I would say he's emblematic of the sexism ingrained in the realm of sports reporting. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 15, 13:58
        
        because tennis is tennis. and males singles is a sub category. You don't say "you are the first person to win two medals in swimming!" and only mean one event. -- nm* - Andie Aug 15, 13:56 7
        
        well, yeah, but that's kinda the point. It's so obvious a goofball statement, why is it attributed to sexism instead of "dude, you KNOW he's not the - oblique Aug 15, 13:58 6
        
        having to explain why ignoring women's achievements is sexist is kind of disheartening, i have to tell you. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 13:59 5
        
        It seems like a flimsy thing to latch onto in this case. There are so many more legit examples than a guy fairly obviously dropping "singles" from - oblique Aug 15, 14:02 4
        
        It's not. And accept that some if us have a much better grip on what's sexist because we face it regularly. -- nm - . Aug 15, 14:32
        
        It's the implied and subtle forms of sexism that make it so pervasive. Almost everyone sees the blatant - jnine Aug 15, 14:11
        
        We must tackle the obvious and the non-obvious.. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 15, 14:09
        
        I don't think it is obvious, is the point. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 14:03
        
        Right. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 15, 13:52
    - it's a slam on women when you are a sports reporter and you basically disregard female players by posing a statement that neglects to include them. - Andie Aug 15, 13:50
    - He's a sports reporter, his job is to know this shit. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 13:49
nice. -- (edited) - Andie Aug 15, 13:40
heh, he's proud of this great step forward toward men's tennis equality. -- nm - Max Aug 15, 13:40

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