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by Anonymous User on Monday May 26, @05:35PM EST (#1)
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Private Lynch gets her own freaking TV special and 100 other guys that get blown to bits are nothing but a blot of ink on a piece of paper.
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Part of the answer is that the mainstream media decision makers have a pro-liberal pro-feminist bias as has been pointed out by folks like Warren Farrell and Bernard Goldberg, among others.
The people who bring us the news stories and deliver commentary on what is happening in the world tend to be liberal and pro-feminist. Their personal biases as well as the need to please a mostly female audience (who make most of the retail purchasing decisions) results in the news being delivered from a predictably female-centered perspective. That explains much of it --a liberal dominated media and economically powerful female consumers. Of course women's pressure groups are also strong politically.
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by Anonymous User on Monday May 26, @05:45PM EST (#2)
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I'll bite then :)
Here is a good link which has a readers forum discussion about Sorenstam on the Toronto Star website. Note the Link entitled "Showing up the boys" which is an article in the paper whose title would make you believe that Sorenstam had actually won the Colonial. I can laugh at blind optimism, but outright misrepresentation of the truth??
For what it's worth, my views are as follows:
Sorenstam got an invitation to the event via the Sponsors, so I'm more inclined to think about the greedy marketeers who were trying to make money than any huge desire to make a gender statement. That said, she played, so what are the implications and what would be fair?
Firstly, no one has said she's not a good golfer. She's great, but on her Colonial performance, just mediocre compared to the top men. How could we judge her fairly? Let her play a season - let her qualify as all the men do and then we can truly evaluate her compared to men, and she'll have earned every plaudit that comes her way should she turn out be on a par (sorry!) with the top male golfers.
The PGA would actually allow this - it is not gender exclusive - anyone who can qualify to the requisite level can then try and qualify for the actual events and play if successful. However, unfair point no.1 is that the LPGA is gender exclusive, so men could not do this in reverse. (One way traffic as usual).
Second unfair point is this - why should a female golfer be allowed to ply her trade between the two different tours and then decide that if one is too tough, she can simply go back to the LPGA and pick up the winners cheques there (a la Sorenstam). Believe me, if Sorenstam had won the Colonial, she would have got the money.
So the logical question is then this - could a good PGA tour male play in the LPGA and score prize money in every tournament? Yes is probably the answer but he wouldn't be allowed to.
The argument that everyone uses against this is "C'mon - it's not the same - she's trying to play against better competition and better herself". Again, as long as this policy is consistent, let it apply. So for instance, the best schoolboys in the States should leapfrog their level and be allowed to compete in the LPGA (the next logical step surely?). But again, they wouldn't be allowed to because of the LPGA gender rules.
So the conclusion is this - if Colonial is a precedent, the best female golfers can take their pick of invites (Suzy Whaley is next by the way) and try to take money from PGA tour pros with zero risk. If it fails, they can go back to the LPGA. It's sexist if I complain about this because "it's not the same" when it's the other way around.
Oh, and I haven't even mentioned the fawning, the hushed revered tones, the earnest and proud look on the US female news anchors faces and the "go-girl" fervour of the females in the crowd - all in the face of the facts which are unfortunately this - she finished 96th out of 111, had the worst putting average of the competition and the lowest driving average.
Rob
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Thanks for the info and the insight, Rob.
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by Anonymous User on Monday May 26, @06:03PM EST (#4)
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I knew before the event started that no matter how good or bad she did she would get nothing but praise. And if you dare criticize her then you hate women and must have a small penis.
Like I said before, the PGA has the right to invite who they want just like Augusta can.
But this whole deal pretending like she is nearly as good as Tiger, Phil, etc. is flat out stupid.
Mark
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Why is it that a woman gets all this credit for trying and failing
The hyper-chivalry of the 21st century dictates it, that's why. And as far as asking to make sense of it, you may as well ask lemmings to explain why they drown themselves.
My only problem with Annika herself is that she didn’t choose to slug it out and go through the qualification process. Had she done that I would have become an admirer.
My problem lies mostly with the media, and partly with the millions of unquestioning robots glued to their TV's soaking up the PGA's best publicity stunt yet.
After taking an exemption to enter the tournament, she failed to make the cut. There should be no shame in not making a cut but exactly what would she have had to do to not be hyped as a heroine?
And (dare I ask?) what would she have had to do to have her effort be considered a failure?
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I'll be damned if I can find it now. Well, that the hell. Summary of it is - in a variety of non-contact events, track and field events like High jump, weightlifting, timed mile, etc. - the women's WORLD record holder still finishes a distant second or worse to the boys UNITED STATES (get this) high school record.
You know, if I won a pass to a PGA tournament, and finished like Annika, my performance would be labeled "pathetic." Sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose.
Of course, we could always not mince words and just lay it out as it is. Annika Sorensen did really well - for a girl.
---- Burn, Baby, Burn ----
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I'll be damned if I can find it now. Well, that the hell.
I think I read that one, try lewrockwell.com for it.
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