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Sexism row erupts at Australian Open (abbreviation)
The Telegraph ^
| 22 Jan 2015
Posted on 01/22/2015 6:28:09 AM PST by McGruff
A sexism row has erupted at the Australian Open after a TV commentator asked Wimbledon runner-up Eugenie Bouchard to "give us a twirl" in a post-match interview.
Bouchard had just beaten Kiki Bertens 6-0, 6-3 in a second round match at Melbourne Park when she was interviewed by Ian Cohen, a Channel 7 tennis commentator, on court. Cohen asked Bouchard - one of the favourites for the first grand slam of the year - to twirl, to which the player replied: "A twirl, like a pirouette, here you go."
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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: twirl
Full title: Sexism row erupts at Australian Open after Eugenie Bouchard and Serena Williams are asked to 'twirl' on court
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posted on
01/22/2015 6:28:09 AM PST
by
McGruff
To: McGruff
I don't want to see Serena twirl any more than I want to see Rob Gronkowski do so. Eugenie, OTOH....
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posted on
01/22/2015 6:33:45 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: McGruff
Does no one have any sense of humor anymore?
It may have been kinds silly and stupid, but I am sure it was just a playful remark, and not intended to be ‘sexist’ (meant to demean or disparage in any way)
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posted on
01/22/2015 6:34:10 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(Palin/Cruz 2016 (for 16 years of conservative bliss))
To: McGruff
very unprofessional of the reporter. that said it wasn’t that big a deal
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posted on
01/22/2015 6:38:58 AM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: Rummyfan
To: All
Maybe she would be ok in a Burka.
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posted on
01/22/2015 6:42:40 AM PST
by
McGruff
(We have met the enemy and they are our own party.)
To: McGruff
She can twirl for me anytime.
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posted on
01/22/2015 6:44:48 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: PapaBear3625
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posted on
01/22/2015 6:47:13 AM PST
by
csvset
To: PapaBear3625
Looks like a spinner to me.
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posted on
01/22/2015 7:12:32 AM PST
by
03A3
(The reset is gonna be epic.)
To: PapaBear3625
She could be mine if just a few things were different.
Like, if I was living in Australia.
And I was thirty years younger.
And not fat.
And knew how to play tennis.
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posted on
01/22/2015 7:32:33 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: McGruff
I have always found fit, trim, strong young women attractive, even if not stunningly pretty.
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posted on
01/22/2015 9:41:04 AM PST
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: Rummyfan
Wow: I just Googled her images.
I highly recommend it. There is something for everyone there!
PS: Your representational photo does not do her justice. Well, her face anyway.
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posted on
01/22/2015 1:48:55 PM PST
by
T-Bone Texan
(The time is now to form up into leaderless cells of 5 men or less.)
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