02-04-2004, 03:11 AM
Dunno if this fits here or not. This was posted on Sulekha newshopper..
Keep women out, says Norman
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->GREG Norman has called for a <b>ban</b> on women playing against the men, a trend he described as gimmick golf.
Norman said it was time for officials on men's tours to rewrite tournament entry conditions to keep women out. "I think everyone is just jumping on it and it has got to stop," Norman said at Royal Melbourne yesterday in the lead-up to the Heineken Classic, which starts tomorrow
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And here is the reaction from sundry folks when Vijay Singh said the same thing.
Vijay Singh's sexist stand invites infamy
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->WASHINGTON : Mother India is having to take the rap for golfer Vijay Singh 's purportedly sexist stand.
Singh, a Fijian of Indian ancestry, has overnight became the American sporting world's biggest boor and bogeyman with his opposition to female golfer Annika Sorenstam playing the men's circuit.
The result: Many commentators are attributing it to Singh's Indian heritage.
"Singh isn't a racist; he's a sexist. And he comes by it naturally. His birth certificate might say Fiji , but Singh is Indian by heritage. Nothing against India or Hinduism, but it's certainly fair to say that culture hasn't been at the fore when it comes to gender equity," Washington Times sportswriter Barker Davis wrote.
"Singh definitely was remembering his patriarchal roots when he made his comments about Sorenstam," he added.
USA Today columnist Jon Saraceno was even harsher. "What we also have is a clash of cultures and social dogmas," he began. "Sorenstam is from Sweden , a liberal, open society. She's probably wondering what the fuss is about. I doubt she possesses the same traditional male-female notions of Singh, born in Fiji to Indian parents."
"I don't know how much Singh was influenced by his ancestry, if at all, but this much I do know," Saraceno continued, "The institutionalised subordination, exploitation and brutalisation of women remains ingrained in that society. ("Bride burning" still occurs. From 1999-2001, a total of 6,347 Indian women were murdered by fire, according to Indian government statistics)."
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:friusty
Keep women out, says Norman
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->GREG Norman has called for a <b>ban</b> on women playing against the men, a trend he described as gimmick golf.
Norman said it was time for officials on men's tours to rewrite tournament entry conditions to keep women out. "I think everyone is just jumping on it and it has got to stop," Norman said at Royal Melbourne yesterday in the lead-up to the Heineken Classic, which starts tomorrow
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And here is the reaction from sundry folks when Vijay Singh said the same thing.
Vijay Singh's sexist stand invites infamy
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->WASHINGTON : Mother India is having to take the rap for golfer Vijay Singh 's purportedly sexist stand.
Singh, a Fijian of Indian ancestry, has overnight became the American sporting world's biggest boor and bogeyman with his opposition to female golfer Annika Sorenstam playing the men's circuit.
The result: Many commentators are attributing it to Singh's Indian heritage.
"Singh isn't a racist; he's a sexist. And he comes by it naturally. His birth certificate might say Fiji , but Singh is Indian by heritage. Nothing against India or Hinduism, but it's certainly fair to say that culture hasn't been at the fore when it comes to gender equity," Washington Times sportswriter Barker Davis wrote.
"Singh definitely was remembering his patriarchal roots when he made his comments about Sorenstam," he added.
USA Today columnist Jon Saraceno was even harsher. "What we also have is a clash of cultures and social dogmas," he began. "Sorenstam is from Sweden , a liberal, open society. She's probably wondering what the fuss is about. I doubt she possesses the same traditional male-female notions of Singh, born in Fiji to Indian parents."
"I don't know how much Singh was influenced by his ancestry, if at all, but this much I do know," Saraceno continued, "The institutionalised subordination, exploitation and brutalisation of women remains ingrained in that society. ("Bride burning" still occurs. From 1999-2001, a total of 6,347 Indian women were murdered by fire, according to Indian government statistics)."
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:friusty