| Silky Johnson wrote: |
| ClayK wrote: |
No question misogyny is widespread and no question some of those who approach Peters and others are misogynistic. As a coach of women's and girls' sports since the '70s, the misogynists have approached me as well.
But there are those who ask questions, who are interested, who are not misogynistic, and are genuinely curious. |
There may be truth to this, but I still find two problems with it: the first being, IMO, you appear to think that there are way more people who are "genuinely" curious than there actually are. Like, you talk about it like you think that the ratio of genuinely curious people to ain't-shit people who bother women athletes is close to 1:1, when the actual ratio is probably closer to 1:1000.
The second problem I have with it, to borrow (and probably misuse) an old baseball expression, tie goes to the runner. I am always going to give more benefit of the doubt, and have more empathy for the athlete who has to answer those questions a hundred times a day, than I am for the maybe/maybe-not "innocent" question asker. If only because of Occam's Razor: all things being equal, the likeliest explanation (again, IMO) is that the person asking questions is not asking out of genuine curiosity. |
Yes on both counts.
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