Each and every day, the McCarthyite feminists dig up a new issue that has nothing to do with sexism or discrimination but that does not stop them using it as a as a weapon to beat men with.
It is all part of a ploy to keep banging on about sexism to enable more special treatment and favours to be given to girls and women over men and boys.
It is pure McCarthyism because there is no kernel of truth in it yet but any chink of glimmer that it could be is then used to the maximum. McCarthy did it in the 1950's with any supposedly 'leftist' view meaning someone was a communist and there is no difference with his McCarthyite sisters who see any glimmer of discrimination where none exist as a ruse to attack men.
Basically the Sports Personality of the Year award did not shortlist any women in the ten strong shortlist and this was based on a number of national, regional and sports magazines.
This mean there was a storm of protest. Chief McCarthyite Harriet Harman waded in as did Taekwondo world champion Sarah Stevenson, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Chrissie Wellington (who wants a boycott) as well as others.
The problem is that there is no proof of sexism, it can be argued that some people, who happen to be women, should have been included because their sporting success was better than some of the men on the list but this does not prove sexism. There may be other men who should be on the list but they weren’t included either. It doesn’t help though to have Nuts and Z00 on the panel but if you had women's magazines then they would be just as bad at picking form their own gender if Nuts and Zoo were only to pick men.
Ex rugby-player, Brian Moore, says there is no sexism as does Rebecca Adlington who in my personal opinion should have been on the list because that is based on merit not her gender.
The BBC though kowtowed and have said they will be now having a review which means now that there will in all likelihood be gender quotas and guaranteed number of slots for women no matter whether they should be there or not. This means, just like it does with the political and boardroom quotas in place in the UK that some men who should be on the list will not be because of their gender.
The real issue is that as the BBC will be reviewing the procedure, effectively the McCarthyite feminists have won. They saw a anti-female conspiracy by men when no such conspiracy existed, yet they got their own way.
Another day to day example of how Britain’s institutions are scared stiff of the Mccarthyite feminists and how they feel the best option is to give in and discriminate against men.
Posted by Skimmington
Yup most sport is one of those areas where the best men in the world are always better than the best women (they run faster, jump higher, throw things further) - and there are some sports where women can be the best (showjumping springs to mind) - and of course there are loads of great sportswomen who are better than a whole heap of men - i doubt anyone of us could could beat even a British women's tennis player for example.
So in a fair and equal world when it comes to best Sportsperson in he majority of sports its men.
Then there's the question of Sports Personality which isn't measurable - in the sense that you can't measure personality in the way that you can measure how fast someone runs. But this award isn't a measure of sports ability or personality it's a popularity contest - like X Factor - where the person who gets the most votes from the fickle public - wins.
Andy Murray, for example, would never win this on personality alone but you can bet that if he wins Wimbledon one year that he'll be in the running for the award - just like the last British winner of a Wimbledon Singles title - Virginia Wade - won it in 1977.
Insisting on women being given preferential treatment would be - to my mind - a huge insult to all the great sportswomen since Pat Smythe who came third at the very first award in 1954 who have made it into the top 3 on merit alone including Anita Lonsborough, Angela Mortimer, Dorothy Hyman, Linda Ludgrove, Mary Rand, Ann Packer, Marion Coakes, Beryl Burton, Ann Jones, The Princess Ann (God Bless Her), Mary Peters, Virginia Wade, Jayne Torvill, Fatima Whitbread, Liz McColgan, Sally Gunnell, Denise Lewis, Tanni Grey Thompson, Ellen McArthur, Paula Radcliffe, Kelly Holmes, Zara Phillips, Beth Tweddle, Rebecca Adlington and Jessica Ennis.........to name but a few!
Posted by: Glen Poole | Sunday, 04 December 2011 at 19:53
Women already receive a huge amount of special treatment by not having to compete with men. If we had absolute equality then all events would be mixed and there would be no women even competing in many events never mind succeeding.
The best female football players would be playing in the conference, the very best tennis players never ranked higher than 250 in the world and runners would have to achieve times close to women's world records records just to qualify for the Olympics.
If this nonsense continues then I say we truly abandon sexism in sport and have all events as mixed.
Posted by: John Kimble | Monday, 05 December 2011 at 01:42
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/media-centre/news/gender-agenda
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/dec/04/why-british-public-life-dominated-men
A couple of stories supporting special treatment. But both actually go on to describe why women are less frequently in the "top" spots. And it boils down to choosing other priorities and being less "pushy". As with sport the solutions offered are Quotas and accomadating part time work in roles where this is an obvious nonsense. Of course what ais not even mentioned is that the whole thing is nonsense on stilts as few men succeed too. The top slots have to be earned not just handed out. As you say john it is an insult to all those of either sex who've put the effort in. As for the popularity polls the answer is for many more women to take an interest ain and spend their money on sport.
Posted by: Groan | Monday, 05 December 2011 at 09:40
The problem is that there is no proof of sexism, it can be argued that some people, who happen to be women, should have been included. Thanks mate for sharing.
Posted by: Alan Corey | Tuesday, 31 January 2012 at 12:04