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| Sephiroth1288 07/02/18 11:50:52 PM #226: | Tedtalker posted... I can ask you the same. Any attempt to highlight sexism and you handwave it. It seems like there is nothing to convince you on the matter. If you gave me a study rather than a handful of individual examples you'd convince me, I promise. Tedtalker posted... you failed to do the same here. At this point, the topic is going to end in "agree to disagree" as you haven't said anything definite. Although, you're going to tell users everything else though. I don't believe that disparity = bigotry. I don't believe that women are brainwashed by marketing into liking mens sports more than women's sports. I'm rather positive that people enjoy watching sports that display incredible athleticism, and watching people play a game below the level of a high schooler's ability just isn't going to be popular no matter what gender the players are http://www.sportingnews.com/soccer/news/matiladas-australia-womens-national-team- (remove space) loses-boys-teenagers-jets-newcastle-rio-olympics-uswnt/dw1ov2sxatlz1bl51npzuuyi9 But your conclusion is sexism because it can be no other way. Tedtalker posted... Ok. The Atlantic article just seems to be reiterating the fact that female players make less on average than male players. It has a way more nuanced view of the situation than you seem to, and I'll highlight a part that basically confirms my argument: This income gap is far more nuanced that it seems; and despite how it may appear, it isn't inherently sexist. Men's college sports are far more profitable than women's sports are, and a federal lawthe Equal Pay Act of 1963stipulates that the salaries of men and women must be equally tied to the profit their respective programs bring in. The NY Post article basically blames low ticket sales of women's sports to bored-sounding commentators, which sounds more like a marketing issue than actual sexism. But how do you measure excitement? How is it that you blame it on less attention on ESPN when ESPN obviously gives precedence to more popular sports? Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? Women's sports doesn't get airtime because no one watches it and no one watches it because it doesn't get airtime? Rather circular logic. --- The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience. Friend Code: 2723-9696-7248 ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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