BBC angle on Serena Williams tantrum
On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:51:18 -0400, Nancy Young >
wrote:
>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?* Millionaire?*** 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.* She had enough
>>> of the double standard and just lost it.* 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.
And because of her bad behaviour she lost a game. Boo hoo.
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