tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post7761789219860372112..comments2024-03-11T05:26:34.143-05:00Comments on Women Who Serve: The selling of Ivanovic--here we go againDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-38762887330935167932008-01-29T03:46:00.000-06:002008-01-29T03:46:00.000-06:00What can you expect from italians? Exactly what yo...What can you expect from italians? Exactly what you've read! <BR/><BR/>Look at their daily lives!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-70164595950544877352008-01-28T16:23:00.000-06:002008-01-28T16:23:00.000-06:00You're right. I was thinking more of the way women...You're right. I was thinking more of the way women players (and women in general) are used. Billy Jean King is one of the heroes of the never-ending culture war in this country. Her influence reached way beyond tennis.frankensuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07919890327509751985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-15921596827414754682008-01-28T13:08:00.000-06:002008-01-28T13:08:00.000-06:00It's yours, ken.Thanks, bfranky. In the 60s and 70...It's yours, ken.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, bfranky. In the 60s and 70s, the sexism took a somewhat different direction: There was a resentment that women would dare to ask for real money for playing professionally. The top male players went ballistic over BJK's attempts to get women a fair deal. Once that somewhat fair deal was established, women still had to face the fact that the sports establishment and the media did not really care about women's sports.<BR/><BR/>Nothing has changed. They still do not care, so once again, sex is being used to sell women's tennis.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-45932707019729545182008-01-28T12:54:00.000-06:002008-01-28T12:54:00.000-06:00"Patriarchal Kool-Aid." Nice. Can I use that some ..."Patriarchal Kool-Aid." Nice. Can I use that some time?kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975351996302093224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229616072187725718.post-7584270896339066842008-01-28T12:02:00.000-06:002008-01-28T12:02:00.000-06:00Nice post. I've played tennis for almost 50 years ...Nice post. I've played tennis for almost 50 years and have been watching tennis on TV since Bud Collins did the announcing on public television. And I don't think it was nearly as sexist back then, even in the 70s and 80s, as it is now. Women's tennis has been extremely competitive and fun to watch for years -- often more so than the men's game. But I think it could easily lose popularity if sex and appearance continue to grow in importance. People who understand tennis, the core of its fan base, won't watch as much; they could become offended as well. And tennis is too complicated for nonplayers to become big fans; they won't stay through long matches. Sexiness alone won't do it. Here's hoping tennis comes to its senses and reins in some of these excesses.frankensuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07919890327509751985noreply@blogger.com