BBC angle on Serena Williams tantrum
On 9/13/2018 3:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-09-13 2:26 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 9/13/2018 12:49 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>>> Role model?Â* Millionaire?Â*Â*Â* Seems to work that way.
>>
>> It certainly seems more acceptable, men are just being tough or
>> aggressive ... things men are praised for.
>>
>> People are acting like Serena stole someone's kid.Â* She had enough
>> of the double standard and just lost it.Â* No reason to be going on
>> and on like she should be crucified.
>
> But there was no double standard. Some people have suggested that thee
> is but the fact is that a lot more men than women have been sanctioned
> for similar violations. She got caught violating the rules and she acted
> like a spoiled child.
Male tennis players, not just one, have come forward to say they do
the same thing and nothing happens.
Regardless, the judge is a grown man, boo hoo, Serena yelled at him.
nancy
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