Showing posts with label sexist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sexist. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

Grand Slam Tennis - Why the Inequality? #FairPlay #CloseThePlayGap

I'm sat watching the #AusOpen2020 and, yet again, find myself asking the same question that I have asked for many years.Why do the women get away with only playing 'Best of 3 Sets'. The Men's pathway to a Grand Slam Final is littered with long, gruelling 'Best of 5 Sets' matches, so why the inequality? Why aren't there loud voices calling for the 'Play Gap' to be closed?

Surely, in times where equality is pushed with such fervour (rightly so), it is only right that the women get the same prize money for the

Friday, 10 June 2016

Women's Tennis should step up to 5 Sets. #Equality

With #Wimbledon2016 just around the corner, I find myself asking the same question that I have asked for many years. I am wondering why the women get away with only playing 'Best of 3 Sets'. The Men's Final is 'Best of 5 Sets' so why the inequality?

Surely, in times where equality is pushed with such fervour (rightly so), it is only right that the women get the same prize money for the