Serena Williams, broke her racket and lost the match, certainly because of it. She was penalised, but men players are never penalised. She told to Carlos Ramos, “I don’t cheat to win, I’d rather lose. I’m just letting you know.”
She hints that it is a sign of sexism, do you agree?
I have to agree, it is a sign of sexism. Because Serena was penalised unfairly, she had just broken her racket.
ReplyDeleteWhereas tennismen are never penalised by a broken material.
So, it's means that even in sport, men are favorised instead of an equality between the two genders.
Emilie Lacroix, 1°S1
In fact if men are not penalized when they break the equipment while women are, we can consider that is actually a sign of sexism in the sport. However, I don't think Serena should have broken her racket because it's a violent act that can be dangerous. Besides, I don't think it's an example for everyone who watches the match.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, Serena williams has been playing tennis for a very long time so she must know that patience is very important in her sport. Moreover, this gesture remains intolerable and forbidden even if the men do it and are not sanctioned. To conclude, I do not think it is sexism but rather that Carlos Ramos was more severe than another on this point, so I do not agree with Serena Williams.
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ReplyDeleteTennis rules are strict. As an example, tennis players can’t drop their racket intentionally, or have profane or obscene language and gestures. Last week, on September 10th Serena Williams lost the US Open finale against Naomi Osaka. She was penalized by umpire Carlos Ramos three times for “coaching”, abusing her racket and abusing umpire Ramos, under the influence of anger.
First, the tennis star was competing in one of the four Grand Slam tournaments (which are the four most important tennis events): the US Open, against the Japanese player Naomi Osaka during the women’s finale. During the game, her coach Patrick Mouratoglou gestured Serena Williams indications for the game. Umpire Ramos gave her a warning even though the player says she didn’t see her coach’s gestures: “I did not have coaching, I don’t cheat” she said to umpire. She also broke her racket by smashing it, which is forbidden, and called umpire Carlos Ramos a “liar” and a “thief” (for taking her a point as a penalty, which is the sentence for racket abuse). Because of that, umpire applied a game penalty against Serena Williams. The player hints that it is a sign of sexism because according to her: “He never took a game from a man”. This is true that men are less penalized than women in sport and that sexism is present a lot, but I don’t think that was a sign of sexism.
I don’t think that, even though umpire Ramos might have been stricter with her than with men because smashing her racket was a forbidden act which is penalized. Nevertheless, she didn’t deserve the first warning because her coach did those gestures on himself without the tennis star knowing he was going to coach her. If she didn’t have a warning for that, maybe she wouldn’t have lost a game as a penalty and then the match.
However, I think that Naomi Osaka played really well and that she deserved to win the competition. Even though people booed the Japanese player during the ceremony, Serena Williams protected her saying we should give credits to Naomi Osaka which is a great act after her defeat. I don’t think umpire Ramos was fair to her, but Serena Williams shouldn’t have smashed her racket, because maybe she could have won the competition if she didn’t. Yet, the tennis player went through a lot lately with pregnancy and the clothes controversy at Roland-Garros which was an act of sexism. Moreover, some people criticize her body because of her muscles. If I were her, I would have also been really pissed off.
Thelma D. TS3
I agree that, too many times, women experience profound inequalities with men, however, I don't agree to use this situation to demonstrate sexism towards women.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, we must see things in their context: first one, the referee had already penalized the player because her coach communicated with her through signs. In addition, she broke her racket by nervousness which isn't on a good way in tennis and she had insult the referee of "thief". Finally, she closes the fact that "some men would have done worse" to defend herself.
That's why I think the referee isn't totally wrong.
Océane DORET
TS3
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I agree with the fact that it is a sign of sexism.
First, Serena Williams is a player as well known as some tennismen but apparently she does not have the same rights. We often see men breaking their rackets in full match and they have no penalty after so why should Serena have one?
Secondly, in addition to this unjustified sanction for my taste, there is another form of sexism in this sport that is the salary that is extremely different between a man and a woman playing tennis.
Despite this sanction, what is the use of breaking his racket in full match?
Loïc Ligonniere TES3
On the 8th, September took place the finale of the US Open between the American player Serena Williams and the Japanese Naomi Osaka. During this intensive match, Serena Williams broke the rules and was penalized for three reasons by the umpire Carlos Ramos: first for cheating because of a contact with her coach (who was giving her illegal signs from the box), second for breaking her racket and third for verbal abuse. She lost the game and must pay a fine of 17 000 dollars. After the game, she told to a news conference that Carlos Ramos’ decisions were sexist (sexism is an attitude of discrimination between men and woman, particularly towards women). I am going to tell you if I agree with her about it or not.
ReplyDeleteFirst, The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), which organises woman tennis tournaments, supports Serena Williams: the organisation director Steve Simon wrote it in a communicate. Serena Williams received support from a few personalities like the American tennis player Billie Jean King or the Belarussian Victoria Azarenka. What is blame here is the fact that the umpire was too strict with Serena Williams’ behaviour than with other umpires are with men players. One should not forget that men are penalized for this kind of behaviour but less than generally women are. They say that umpires are more tolerant towards men than women. If we watch how men players act nervously in a tournament and compare it to Serena’s reactions: we can be confused. For example, McEnroe is a very big tennis player and his reactions at a finale tournament in 1984 in Stockholm are unbelievable. Indeed, Serena had already been a victim of sexism for example for her player outfit. We can think that if she acts like that it is because of an accumulation of those sexist blames.
On the other hand, other people think that she mixes up sexism and umpiring: the umpire just implements the rules and she’s not a victim. Actually, he punished her because of cheating, breaking her racket and for verbal abuse: she insults Carlos Ramos of a “thief” because he “steals her a point”. For making offensive remarks, they say that she is a vulgar, a rude woman and that is not acceptable to talk like that to the umpire. They judge that this is not a sportive and appropriate behaviour such as breaking her racket: she must control herself. They also say that she advocates feminism for personal interests in addition that she uses feminism for her image. Furthermore that “she is a diva” and bad-tempered like if someone make a comment to her she responds of “sexism” because she’s a woman.
Finally, to my mind I approve and disapprove at the same time. What I find shocking, when I watched to the game, is the way she talked to the umpire and the way she acted: actually yes, I find it very inappropriate. I’d like to point out that the rules are the rules and she didn’t respect them. I don’t mean that I share all such views as the opposite side, but they are not completely wrong. The fact is that he wasn’t too strict: he really implements the rules. Nevertheless, when I watched men game and saw that they were such ruder and more nervous than Serena Williams was and besides generally less punished, I doubt that it wasn’t sexism. To sum up, I think that she didn’t respect the rules, so she must be punished but umpires must punish the same men players for this kind of behaviour. I find that it’s revolting to think that men players are favoured compared to women. As for me, the real question is: must she be punished for something that her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, did for giving her illegal signs from the box?
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Cassandre M. TS5
Sorry, I made a mistake : it's "At a news conference" instead of "she told to a news conference".
DeleteSorry, I want to add that after I wheigh up the pros and cons, I think that Serena Williams was not a victim of sexism but it is complicated to know. Nevertheless I think that maybe umpires are more tolerant with men with a nervous behaviour than they are with women with a nervous behaviour.
DeleteYes, I think that it is a sign of sexism. If the men are not penalized, why should a woman be? I think it's unfair. But in my opinion, if Serena Williams tell to people that she have been penalized because she is a woman, I think she will be very criticized.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, how do you know that the referee sanctioned her because she was a woman ?
ReplyDeleteHow can you know that he wouldn't sanction a man for the same thing ?
If the referee penalized a man for that, you wouldn't be complaining about sexism
Furthermore, if the referee were sexist, why didn't he penalized the other woman, Naomi Osaka ?
as far as I remember, he didn't penalized Serena Williams because she broke her racket, but because he suspected her to communicate with her coach during the match.
I don't know why is it forbidden, I don't know what the coach could told her more than "Hit the ball !"
So it wasn't a sign of sexism, racism or anyhting like that. The referee did his job, maybe he was strict but that's it.
Sorry, I did a typo, it's "anything" and not "anyhting"
DeleteWe usually hear a lot of polemics about unfair practice of sports and I will talk about one of them, the tennis.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, we know that same events happened before Serena William’s polemic and the players were never punished. Nevertheless, Serena Williams’ coach tried to cheat by talking to her while she was on the court playing. It is important to notice that she was probably unable to see him.
So, I think that the referee judgment was not an act of sexism towards Serena Williams. On the other hand, I can understand why she thought it was a sexist act due to the fact that this sanction was never applied before against any male player.
Sorry I made mistakes:
DeleteI wrote « the tennis » but I should write « tennis ».
I forgot « the » before « same events »
I forgot an « e » in Judgement.
Yes, I think that it is a sign of sexism. If men are not penalized, why should a woman be? I think it's unfair. But in my opinion, if Serena Williams tells people that she was penalized because she is a woman, I think she will be very criticized.
ReplyDeleteSorry I made a mistake I should have said « even if men » and not « even if the men »
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I can't understand why everybody can't be all equal ? I mean, we have here a woman who plays tennis like others, why should she be penalized and not men ?
ReplyDeleteMorover, she is a tennis player, at the same rank as other men playing tennis, neither weaker nor stronger and I think that it's just unfair to penalize her because she is a woman.
In other word, she deserves to have the same rights as the other tennis players.
In conclusion, I agree with Serena Williams and I appreciate her wisdom and her modesty to not cause a scandal or whatever.
Thao PHAM, TES3
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThe sexism dwells since a long time. Men had often privileges over women as good in dress code, in study or in sports.
However I don’t think that what happened to Serena Williams is a sign of sexism.
First her coach made a sign while it was forbidden and was therefore penalize.
Then she was more and more frustrated and eventually broke her racket. After that she was penalized again. She couldn’t stand that and she called her referee a thief and was discalified.
To me this is not a sexism form, she didn’t respect tennis’ rules and I think that she couldn’t bear losing the match and that why she react like that.
Bodino Emma TS3
We often talk about sexism in sport but I think that in tennis women and men are almost equal.Serena Williams didn't only brake her racket, she got angry all through the game and showed her dissatisfaction too openly.Men also receive penalties when they are too angry and break their racket (except McEnroe:D).In addition, Serena is accused of being coached by her coach during the game, which is prohibited.To conclude I think that even if Serena wants to defend the cause of women she doesn't have to act like this.
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