Williams v Williams

[poliphilo]

It wasn't a great match. Williams v Williams never is. There were very few exciting passages of play- and once Venus's game started to sag in the second set there was little doubt about the outcome.

Afterwards the BBC commentators were saying how much better it would be if the women's final ran to 5 sets. I agree. Five sets might have allowed Venus to pick up form- as she seemed to be doing towards the end of the match- and give her sister a run for her money and the spectators something to cheer about.  I can't conceive of an argument against this that isn't sexist, insulting and/or plain wrong. The women get the same prize money as the men; let them do the same amount of work.

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[daisytells.livejournal.com]

"...women get the same prize money as the men; let them do the same amount of work."
That's not a sexist statement at all. It's just plain common sense. Women in other professions have been using tht same argument in order to get equal pay, so it only follows that for equal pay there ought to be equal work.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I don't see any reason why male and female sportsmen shouldn't be treated exactly the same.