An article appeared in The Nation today regarding sexism in sports. Now, of course this isn't a new concept, however, the statements made by Wimbledon officials that prompted this article are still pretty disheartening. Apprently, being extremely talented isn't enough justification for Wimbledon to give the top-ranked women prime court assignments. Being "easy-on-the-eyes," however...well what more justification do you need?!?!!?
I don't have a whole lot more to say on the subject at the moment other than "UGH!!", but thought that this warranted a post. When will society be over the fear of "woman athlete + not stereotypically feminine = unmarketable lesbian." One more reason that I am thankful for Feministing every day...
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I've thought about that before, especially in reference to talented female athletes posing in men's magazines. It's not enough that they're awesome athletes, they need to be sexy and appeal to men...cause, you know, they're doing MANLY things by playing sports and we don't want them to be too masculine....then they might be (gasp!) lesbians! Bunch of BS...