I fail to understand that on one hand the society talks about equality between men and women and on the other hand, women are trying take unfair advantage of the situation. A male tennis player has to play a best of 5 sets right from the first round all the way to the finals where a female has to play only a best of 3 sets. Morever men's tennis is definitely much more competitive than women's tennis and so it makes perfect sense if men are being paid more than women. If we observe the final played over the last 10 years or so, we are bound to find a lot of one sided and boring matches played by women in the Wimbledon finals. Definitely men's tennis is much more enjoyable and there is no doubt about it but women manage to pull a crowd because of their skimpy skirts and looks. This is not to say that there are absolutely no good players or good matches being played. In conclusion it is unfair of the women to demand more money. If they believe in equality, let them also play 5 sets!
RE:Re: Unfair advantage for the fair sex
by Amit Gaikwad on Feb 22, 2007 08:11 PM
I completely agree with the 5 set - 3 set theory, but not whats written ahead ...
RE:Re: Unfair advantage for the fair sex
by Jojy on Feb 22, 2007 08:55 PM
I agree with the 5 set to 3 set theory..the rest that you have written is not always true.. and yes its unfair for them to demand equal prize money..
RE:Re: Unfair advantage for the fair sex
by Amitabha Das on Feb 23, 2007 05:28 AM
I completely disagree. Playing tennis is not like an hourly wage or contract based job that we will pay less if the work continues for less amount of time. Whats more important is that its a tournament to decide the champion in a particular game and the criteria for men and women are 100% equal. They choose the best player among men and the same among women. The logic stands that the champion in either category will have an equal prize money as he/she is best in that category. Talking about women's tennis being more boring than men's tennis, this logic is bullshit in the purest form. With Roger Federer, I have seen more one sided matches than ever before, so should we reduce his prize money??? And I have seen more contests in Monica Seles-Steffi Graph, Navratilova-Chris Lloyd, Henin Hardin- Kim Clijsters than many men's tournaments. There is nothing unfair in asking the same prize money. Do women doing a managerial job get paid less than men? Ask Indra Nooyi. And 3 set 5 set has nothing to do with prize money. There are many men's tournaments with 3 set matches, though not the grand slams. The decision on 3 or 5 set lies with the tournament authorities who feel that men's tennis is better over 5 sets and women's over 3 sets. Thats it. Hope some sane people will agree.
