Wimble D'oh!
August 30th 2006 04:45
Who among you watched this year's Wimbledon? Those who did have witnessed the assertion of Roger Federer's supremacy on grass and Amelie Mauresmo's grit and determination. You may have also noticed a battle going on off-court. I'm talking, of course, about the controversy of awarding female players with a lesser amount of prize money than their male counterparts. Among the four major tennis tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open), only in England do they pay tennis players less, merely because they have breasts. This year, the men's singles winner (Sorry, "gentlemen's" singles winner. Snooty colonials.) Federer, received 655,000 British pounds, while the ladies singles winner Mauresmo took home 625,000 pounds. Maybe it's only me, but doesn't all this seem, I don't know, unfair. What century are those dudes from The All England Lawn Tennis Club Committee living in? Hell, even the name of their club sounds quaint. Wake up, you bozos! It's the 21st century! No wonder Billie Jean King and Venus Williams, among others, are up in arms against this. The AELTC argued that, because the women play only three sets compared to the five sets played by men, they are paid less. The ladies then offered to play five sets as well, but apparently, their offer fell on deaf ears. I have also heard the argument that, since the AELTC is paying them, the committee can therefore decide how much they get. From a legal perspective, that's probably true, but how about from a moral one? There are anti-discriminatory laws in the workplace, so why not in this workplace?
That is why I am launching a campaign for the equal payment of tennis players in the Wimbledon regardless of their gender. I call it "GENESIS WOW". It's quite simple. I simply send out an e-mail message to the AELTC asking them (politely, I may add) to please look up the definition of gender equality. My campaign is entitled as such because this is the content of the e-mail
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That is why I am launching a campaign for the equal payment of tennis players in the Wimbledon regardless of their gender. I call it "GENESIS WOW". It's quite simple. I simply send out an e-mail message to the AELTC asking them (politely, I may add) to please look up the definition of gender equality. My campaign is entitled as such because this is the content of the e-mail
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