The Epitome of Disrespect - #2
By Bob Hanscom
Madeline Perry Backing The Bid
January 27, 2013 - As a follow-up to the The Epitome of Disrespect article, here's some responses - plus additional comments...
"Excellent write-up. Particularly affecting my fellow Irishwoman!"
"Nicely done. Thanks for speaking up for women!"
"I loved your article 'The Epitome of Disrespect'. You got to the point, which is very personal to me. I believe that the woman's game is more interesting and exciting than the men's. Regardless of what I think, it should be treated with equal respect. I second your opinion and hope that all tournaments would treat female players as equal (especially on money purse) as male players. Brave article my friend! Bravo!"
"Thanks Bob, great article! You're the best... The women are so lucky to have you calling people out on this baloney..."
"Nicely done. Thanks for speaking up for women!"
"As a woman and the mother of a squash player (Ellie), I’m grateful for your willingness to speak up."
"Great job Bob!"
"Well, the conclusion should be obvious: Squash fans are misogynistic conservatives - I.e., too many male Ivy Leaguers!!!"
"I'm with you on your analysis, Bob. Bad scheduling!"
"It seems that it would have been easy to sandwich the Perry/Brown match between the two mens matches. The crowd for the men's match was overwhelmingly male, so the tournament directors could have forecast that the hall would empty out after the Gaultier/Matthew match. But the real 'epitome of disrespect' is the prize money differential. It would be interesting to understand how the prize money differential was overcome in tennis. I think that happened when I was in high school, but after American's became dominant and tennis became a craze in the US, and women's tennis was graced with powerhouse personalities like Billy Jean King and Chrissy Evert. You might need a perfect storm like that to fix the prize money differential. And getting Kournikova and Sharipova to play squash wouldn't hurt."
Right after radio host Don Imus measured a group of female athletes by their looks and gender, Nike took out a full-page newspaper ad thanking "ignorance." There were a list of thank yous - from a "thank you for moving women's sports forward" to a closing "thank you for making us realize we have a long way to go." With the latest campaign, it's a good first step.
As Dipika Pallikal, #1 female squash-player from India said in a recent article: "“It’s been very evident for many years that there has always been male chauvinism in sports"
Leslie Heywood, assistant professor of English and cultural studies at SUNY-Binghamton wrote: "A discrepancy exists between the increasing equality and respect for female athletes on the one hand, and on the other, behavior within the athletics culture that shows profound disrespect for female competitors."
Daniel Gilberg wrote: "While the United States should be proud of its success in women’s sports, female athletes are not given the respect of their male counterparts. We should be proud of our female athletes, and proud of what their success represents: American society’s commitment to equality. However, our society is not equal with regard to gender, and there are few areas where this is apparent more so than in athletics."
And under the category of: "A picture is worth a thousand words," what's wrong with THIS picture? It's the award ceremony from the ATCO Super Series Squash Championships, same event, same title...why not duplicate trophies!?
Ramy Ashour/Egypt - Nicol David/Malaysia with their Super Series Trophies
As mentioned in the Nike article: "We have a long way to go!"
By Bob Hanscom
Madeline Perry Backing The Bid
January 27, 2013 - As a follow-up to the The Epitome of Disrespect article, here's some responses - plus additional comments...
"Excellent write-up. Particularly affecting my fellow Irishwoman!"
"Nicely done. Thanks for speaking up for women!"
"I loved your article 'The Epitome of Disrespect'. You got to the point, which is very personal to me. I believe that the woman's game is more interesting and exciting than the men's. Regardless of what I think, it should be treated with equal respect. I second your opinion and hope that all tournaments would treat female players as equal (especially on money purse) as male players. Brave article my friend! Bravo!"
"Thanks Bob, great article! You're the best... The women are so lucky to have you calling people out on this baloney..."
"Nicely done. Thanks for speaking up for women!"
"As a woman and the mother of a squash player (Ellie), I’m grateful for your willingness to speak up."
"Great job Bob!"
"Well, the conclusion should be obvious: Squash fans are misogynistic conservatives - I.e., too many male Ivy Leaguers!!!"
"I'm with you on your analysis, Bob. Bad scheduling!"
"It seems that it would have been easy to sandwich the Perry/Brown match between the two mens matches. The crowd for the men's match was overwhelmingly male, so the tournament directors could have forecast that the hall would empty out after the Gaultier/Matthew match. But the real 'epitome of disrespect' is the prize money differential. It would be interesting to understand how the prize money differential was overcome in tennis. I think that happened when I was in high school, but after American's became dominant and tennis became a craze in the US, and women's tennis was graced with powerhouse personalities like Billy Jean King and Chrissy Evert. You might need a perfect storm like that to fix the prize money differential. And getting Kournikova and Sharipova to play squash wouldn't hurt."
Right after radio host Don Imus measured a group of female athletes by their looks and gender, Nike took out a full-page newspaper ad thanking "ignorance." There were a list of thank yous - from a "thank you for moving women's sports forward" to a closing "thank you for making us realize we have a long way to go." With the latest campaign, it's a good first step.
As Dipika Pallikal, #1 female squash-player from India said in a recent article: "“It’s been very evident for many years that there has always been male chauvinism in sports"
Leslie Heywood, assistant professor of English and cultural studies at SUNY-Binghamton wrote: "A discrepancy exists between the increasing equality and respect for female athletes on the one hand, and on the other, behavior within the athletics culture that shows profound disrespect for female competitors."
Daniel Gilberg wrote: "While the United States should be proud of its success in women’s sports, female athletes are not given the respect of their male counterparts. We should be proud of our female athletes, and proud of what their success represents: American society’s commitment to equality. However, our society is not equal with regard to gender, and there are few areas where this is apparent more so than in athletics."
And under the category of: "A picture is worth a thousand words," what's wrong with THIS picture? It's the award ceremony from the ATCO Super Series Squash Championships, same event, same title...why not duplicate trophies!?
Ramy Ashour/Egypt - Nicol David/Malaysia with their Super Series Trophies
As mentioned in the Nike article: "We have a long way to go!"
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