These comments are reprehensible. If you don't think women are
objectified, look again and get educated. WARNING: Really foul and abusive language. Not for youngins.
Bartoli Just Won Wimbledon Women's Singles Final Tweet & Comments
http://publicshaming.tumblr.com/post/54864863081/womens-wimbledon-champion-marion-bartoli-deemed
Oh, and those last few tweets reminded me! Some of these assholes
don’t just think Bartoli is an ugly woman, possibly a “dyke-y" lesbian.
Some are convinced that if a woman doesn’t fit society’s norms of what’s
“hot" AND she is good at sports, well, then DUH! she has to be a MAN!
And they’re cool with sexually assaulting her to prove it!
BBC, Radio Announcer Apologize To Wimbledon Champ Bartoli
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/07/07/199699417/bbc-radio-announcer-apologize-to-wimbledon-champ-bartoli
"It doesn't matter, honestly. I am not blonde, yes. That is a fact.
Have I dreamt about having a model contract? No. I'm sorry," she said.
"But have I dreamed about winning Wimbledon? Absolutely, yes.
"And
to share this moment with my dad was absolutely amazing and I am so
proud of it. I am sure I will be able to watch the DVD of the match over
and over again and look at the picture of me when I am holding it [the
trophy] in my arms.
"That is the most important thing to me and not what I can do outside of the court."
[One announcer] has sent a personal letter of apology to Bartoli; he also used
some time before Sunday's men's final to apologize to his audience.
"Before
we start, I probably ought to just briefly return to yesterday and a
clumsy phrase that I used about Marion Bartoli which has understandably
caused something of a furor," he said.
"The point I was trying
to make, in a rather ham-fisted kind of way, was that in a world where
the public perception of tennis players is that they're all
six-feet-tall Amazonian athletes, Marion - who is the Wimbledon champion
- bucks that trend."
Inverdale called Bartoli "a fantastic
example to all young people that it's attitude and will and
determination together, obviously, with talent that, in the end, does
get you to the top."
The announcer seemed to be attempting to improve upon his remarks
made earlier in the day, when he said, "She is an incredible role model
for people who aren't born with all the attributes of natural athletes."
