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In response to "Williams sisters won back-to-back doubles gold in 2008 and 2012, iinm, so he'd still be wrong. -- nm*" by znufrii, dad.

and technically his achievement was for singles gold

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Aug 15 '16, 13:48

yeah, the reporter is an idiot
but I seriously doubt he was making a slam on women
he's just an idiot

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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

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