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Why Are Some Women So Angry?
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not just in the US either.......
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People get angry - mass communication means we all get to know about it, to a degree that was never possible in years gone by.
The problem is, what really are insignificant incidents become blown up to be something far larger than they are.
Ms. Williams is a very very talented sportswoman who takes her profession very seriously, and is hugely passionate about it, and is obviously (and to her credit) possessed of a planet-sized sense of right and wrong. That is why she reacted as she did. It was not professional, or appropriate, but she was duly sanctioned, and the world should just move on.
The interesting opposite is the anonymous woman who decided to make her tedious life more interesting by shrieking at a cyclist who happened to be a Radio Two presenter with a camera which has given her an utterly undeserved fifteen seconds of fame.
The only things in common with these two stations is that mass media has blown them up out of all proportion, and its time the world simply moved on - life it too short for this sort of piffle to occupy our time.
The problem is, what really are insignificant incidents become blown up to be something far larger than they are.
Ms. Williams is a very very talented sportswoman who takes her profession very seriously, and is hugely passionate about it, and is obviously (and to her credit) possessed of a planet-sized sense of right and wrong. That is why she reacted as she did. It was not professional, or appropriate, but she was duly sanctioned, and the world should just move on.
The interesting opposite is the anonymous woman who decided to make her tedious life more interesting by shrieking at a cyclist who happened to be a Radio Two presenter with a camera which has given her an utterly undeserved fifteen seconds of fame.
The only things in common with these two stations is that mass media has blown them up out of all proportion, and its time the world simply moved on - life it too short for this sort of piffle to occupy our time.
I just want to point out - for what it's worth - the OP's first link is a composite image which I presume is meant to make S Williams look bad.
In fact N Osaka pulled her cap down over her face (as in the photo) immediately after she'd won the match. The pic of Serena must have been taken at a different point during or after the match. She is always gracious in defeat, no matter what happened during the match.
In fact N Osaka pulled her cap down over her face (as in the photo) immediately after she'd won the match. The pic of Serena must have been taken at a different point during or after the match. She is always gracious in defeat, no matter what happened during the match.
Cloverjo - // AndyHughes, it's hardly a pile of piffle. One player was attempting to win her first Slam title, the other was to win her all-time record equalling title. //
I think I failed to make myself clear - to the people involved in these situations, the tennis players playing for their career bests, and Jeremy Vine simply going about his business, these things are important.
My point is that the use of social media gives them attention and analysis by the uninvolved general public to a degree which utterly outweighs their interest levels.
It is this analysis - gossiping in effect - which is piffle, not the original incidents.
I think I failed to make myself clear - to the people involved in these situations, the tennis players playing for their career bests, and Jeremy Vine simply going about his business, these things are important.
My point is that the use of social media gives them attention and analysis by the uninvolved general public to a degree which utterly outweighs their interest levels.
It is this analysis - gossiping in effect - which is piffle, not the original incidents.
are they, that is not by and large my impression, if occasionally one throws their toys out of the pram perhaps its justified. Women have had a raw deal on everything from early on in the ways of the world and i for one though i don't like Serena, can understand her frustrations and that many men behave just as badly in sports as well as road rage and more besides.
Sport is an adrenaline-based activity, so by definition, people playing it are pumped up and excitable.
Factor in the level Ms. Williams plays at, the stakes are really high, and so are her excitement and adrenaline levels, so it's not surprising that when she sees what she perceives as unfair treatment, she is going to react in a way which she would probably not do off court.
Factor in the level Ms. Williams plays at, the stakes are really high, and so are her excitement and adrenaline levels, so it's not surprising that when she sees what she perceives as unfair treatment, she is going to react in a way which she would probably not do off court.
AOG - // Andy-Hughes
/// when she sees what she perceives as unfair treatment, she is going to react in a way which she would probably not do off court. ///
Such people will always react in such a way, it is inbuilt in them, or the wouldn't react in such a manner in the first place. //
I can't agree.
John McEnroe infamous (infamous?) for one of the biggest on-court tantrums ever recorded in tennis history. Since those days he has become a respected commentator and expert on the game.
I am sure that any hint of similar behaviour off-court would have been pounced on by an eager media and reported worldwide. The fact that this has not happened, indicates that this was an isolated - if famous - incident, not repeated since.
I strongly suspect that Ms. Williams will continue to conduct herself with dignity off-court, as she has done previous to this incident.
/// when she sees what she perceives as unfair treatment, she is going to react in a way which she would probably not do off court. ///
Such people will always react in such a way, it is inbuilt in them, or the wouldn't react in such a manner in the first place. //
I can't agree.
John McEnroe infamous (infamous?) for one of the biggest on-court tantrums ever recorded in tennis history. Since those days he has become a respected commentator and expert on the game.
I am sure that any hint of similar behaviour off-court would have been pounced on by an eager media and reported worldwide. The fact that this has not happened, indicates that this was an isolated - if famous - incident, not repeated since.
I strongly suspect that Ms. Williams will continue to conduct herself with dignity off-court, as she has done previous to this incident.
Andy-Hughes
/// It's a matter of relativity, and relatively, you'd have to say, yes it has! ///
Cover it up with words, but it hasn't and isn't.
I apologise for bring this up yet again but:
Have British women been forced to fight in the trenches of WW1 or on the battle fields, the seas and in the air of WW2?
Do men get the same treatment as women both in the courts of law and in the prisons?
Why is it that there are refuges for mistreated women, but not for mistreated and abused men?
/// It's a matter of relativity, and relatively, you'd have to say, yes it has! ///
Cover it up with words, but it hasn't and isn't.
I apologise for bring this up yet again but:
Have British women been forced to fight in the trenches of WW1 or on the battle fields, the seas and in the air of WW2?
Do men get the same treatment as women both in the courts of law and in the prisons?
Why is it that there are refuges for mistreated women, but not for mistreated and abused men?
Working in munitions factories wasn't exactly good for your health either. Please don't forget the nursing and medical staff who were only a little way back from the front line and still a target. They didn't have defensive capabilities. And how about the courage it took to carry on, raising children and caring for others so men could shoot at each other. Then to do it going forward often despite a lifetime of widowhood when the men did not return.
Courage and hardship have been defined by solely male parameters too long.
Courage and hardship have been defined by solely male parameters too long.
rowanwitch
/// Courage and hardship have been defined by solely male parameters too long. ///
No one is saying that women have not been courageous and have also faced hardship, ion some cases much more than men.
But what I speaking as one of the male of the species, I get a little fed-up with some woman constantly going on how they have always had a raw deal.
For one thing we live in a different world now and the scales have tilted too far the opposite way and being a white adult male is now almost a second class citizen.
/// Courage and hardship have been defined by solely male parameters too long. ///
No one is saying that women have not been courageous and have also faced hardship, ion some cases much more than men.
But what I speaking as one of the male of the species, I get a little fed-up with some woman constantly going on how they have always had a raw deal.
For one thing we live in a different world now and the scales have tilted too far the opposite way and being a white adult male is now almost a second class citizen.
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