I didn't plan to write gender based blogs when I set this up. Actualy
I didn't plan anything, but I wasn't expecting to do so much around
gender.
However, her we go. In all the media Murray's victory at
Wimbledon yesterday is heralded as the end to a 77 year draught of
Wimbledon Champions.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/10165707/After-77-years-the-wait-is-over-for-a-Wimbledon-champion-as-Andy-Murray-beats-Novak-Djokovic.html
So, the Telegraph, one of our higher quality news papers completely ignores Virginia Wade winning the Championship in 1977.
The Telepgraph isn't alone though, The Times also headlines the 77 year wait for a Champion, as does the Daily Mail.
This
is probably just carelessness on the part of the writers and editors -
Virginia Wade won the Women's Championship in 1977, but we haven't had a
Men's Champion since 1936. Obviously they're meaning Men's Champion, but thet're not saying that, and that's a high level of carelessness.
In
this day and age when people take offence at the slightest perceived
slur or oversight news writers editors can't afford mistakes like that,
and deserve every piece of complaint that comes their way
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