If you atomic number 18not pleasing enough to look at you don’t to deserve to encouragean international tournament?
Even before she had hit her get-goserve in the Wimbledon Women’s final, Marion Bartoli was being judged by her looks and nonher play.
BBC commentatorJohn Inverdale was forced to apologise aft(prenominal)describing her as “nevergoing awayto be a looker” in his pre-match commentary.
He said: “I just wonder if her dad, because he has obviously been the most influential person in her life, did differentiateto her when she was 12, 13, 14 maybe, ‘listen, you are ne'ergoing to be, you know, a looker.
“You are never going to be somebody like a Sharapova [read: slim, long-legged, blonde], you’re never going to be 5ft 11, you’re never going to be somebody with long legs, so you checkto compensate for that.”
Bartoli shrugged this come towith a truenatured: “It doesn’t matter, honestly. I am nonblonde, yes. That is a fact.
“Have I dreamt about having a model contract? No. I’m sorry. But contriveI dreamed about winning Wimbledon? Absolutely, yes.”
However Inverdale’s remarks provedcomparativelyknockabout compared to the volley of abuse Bartoli was hit with immediately after winning the trophy.
She was damned by Twitter users as “someone who would never exciteraped”; “a munter”; “slug”; “a whore” and a person who should “get a boob lineagewith the money that you are winning”.
Twitter feed @EverydaySexism curated the abuse. Heaven help Bartoli if she had started grunting to boot.
As Phillippa Willets of the F-Word said: “Those who thought she wasnotpleasing enough to look at to deserve to win are symptomatic of the wider problem of women always being judgeto not just look good, but to look good in a way that men approve of.
“And, of course, when divers(prenominal)men have different tastes and preferences we get to a razewhere we can never win, even if we do bother to try.”
When Laura Robsonwonher match against Marina Erakovic by taking eight games in a row, after Erakovic was serving for the match, the immediate post-match interviewer asked her if she had heard from a certain(a)pop group (One Direction).
Obviously her first thought coming dispatchcourt from an epic victory.
Her later defeat was blamed not on her opponent’s good play but on David Cameron jinxing her.
ArguablybothAndy Murray and Novak Djokovic could be branded as “never going to be, you know, a looker”.
There has been no discussion of which pop stars converse with them on social media. They have not been infantalised, their grunting has not been described as “shrieking like foxes” as Sharapova’s was.
Her display of effort also upset the sensitivities of some Wimbledon watchers.
Comments on social networks were rife such as: @ConnerClark3: “When Sharapova was 14 and grunting, I was into it but now? Doesn’t do much for me.” @Fierce_Blogs: ”The tennis match between #Sharapova and #DeBrito is like a sexual experience.” @JeffHouck: “Looking forward to watching @thepioneerwoman. Cheesecake shooters in Oklahoma bequeathbe a nice break from sweaty women grunting at Wimbledon.”
So the swaymatch analysis is women tennis players should look good, not sweat, not make any ‘unladylike’ noises and then after the best flavorone wins, she should be awarded with a modelling contract to get her legs out for the lads. Game, sex and dispatch.
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