No one blamed sexism when male tennis player Benoit Paire was fined $16,500 dollars for smashing his rackets. Serena had to use the sexism card for something that any player would get fined for, male or female, because she's butthurt about losing. Serena needs to grow up.

Blutarg · 2018-09-11T21:19:11+00:00

Holy crap. He was fined twice what he won at that tournament. That would drive me nuts.

chambertlo · 2018-09-12T01:45:02+00:00

Serena is what happens when you think you are gods gift to the sport. They really do believe that they are the absolute best in the world and anyone who proves them otherwise is oppressing their greatness. It’s l pure narcissism fueled by a bunch of yesmen around her.

yashrulz · 2018-09-11T23:56:06+00:00

When in doubt pull out the sexism card....

thxnwy · 2018-09-11T21:59:11+00:00

Beaten by a Haitian-Japanese woman. Penalized for her behavior by Carlos Ramos (completely by the book).

It's white men's fault.

icandrive155 · 2018-09-11T23:18:34+00:00

It's as if people don't even apply any critical thought anymore. A claim of sexism, racism, sexual assault, homophobia, you name it, is automatically believed as gospel. Is this really where we are today? Asking for a feminist's point of view here. Doesn't it bother them that guilt and innocence aren't even given a thought in the rush to judgement? This is terrifying and amazingly Orwellian!

modern_rabbit · 2018-09-11T23:10:29+00:00

I read something last night that said she was one of only 10 women fined, and the only black -person- fined (compared to 26 white/latin men)? I feel like it was a trashy sub so can anyone break this down?

EngWheeler · 2018-09-12T00:36:44+00:00

But the narrative is that she was only roid raging because he was being a sexist pig by catching her breaking the rules!

candidly1 · 2018-09-12T02:17:04+00:00

It's curious to me; she's probably the best female to ever play the game, and she's in the conversation to be the best ever; why this nonsense at his point in her career?

gustoreddit51 · 2018-09-12T06:29:38+00:00

Dr Phil, who went to college on a tennis scholarship and does commentary on matches stunned "The Talk" panel, by basically saying the same thing and having the stats to prove it.

fasterfind · 2018-09-12T00:59:13+00:00

Sexism, the get out of jail card.

bonedoc59 · 2018-09-12T01:59:46+00:00

There were literally articles written that praised her behavior in cnn saying it needed to be said. Puusypass is strong with this one.

bubby963 · 2018-09-12T16:01:23+00:00

Only reason were hearing so muxh about it on reddit is her husband is banning all subs who make fun of her. Fucking pathetic

dallydude825 · 2018-09-12T04:55:43+00:00

How is anyone taking her claim seriously? All I can do is laugh in disbelief.

svenskbitch · 2018-09-12T07:51:00+00:00

First, I still marvel at how it is the rich and famous, those who have made it by any standard, that often shout the loudest about discrimination. Even if they are right, why should we have compassion for and take policy measures to protect the 0.01%?

Second, she MIGHT have had a point if she was playing against a man and the judge acted more harshly towards her than towards men. But she was playing against a woman. It is as if a woman CEO would blame her ousting on sexism even if her replacement was another woman.

Third, as a woman, she has the opportunity to rank among the top ten in the world with a playing ability much lower than the top-ranked men. Even if men's tennis get more attention, she certainly gets more attention than male tennis player ranked, say, 964th in the world. And this applies even to sports where male physical strength is an advantage, such as chess.

And that is before even considering whether there might actually be some truth to her claim of sexism against women in sports.

Something I would like to see: John McEnroe blaming criticism of his volatile temper on sexism...

THEAdrian · 2018-09-12T02:27:04+00:00

When people are constantly telling you how amazing you are just because you're a woman and black, why would you grow up?

masuabie · 2018-09-12T03:01:44+00:00

Sexism is irrelevant anyways. Woman's tennis is a whole different organization. That's like WNBA players comparing fouls to NBA players.

princeapalia · 2018-09-12T06:31:48+00:00

Her argument makes absolutely zero statistical sense. 26 men were penalised for code violations at the US Open, compared to 10 women...

_KNZ_ · 2018-09-11T22:59:44+00:00

... Wait, almost 17k for rackets? The hell are they made of and why are they so expensive?

butterfly_poontang · 2018-09-12T10:32:18+00:00

What did i miss?

kskuzmich · 2018-09-12T14:18:40+00:00

people are tunnel visioning this as she was only punished for the “theif” comment. yes, that’s not so bad of a thing to call someone, but that’s not all it was. she berated the guy for a good 10 minutes after she had already gotten 2 warnings. the warnings may have been controversial, but she couldn’t let it go

Aqedah · 2018-09-12T17:40:11+00:00

Through all of this I feel most sympathetic towards the woman who won against her. She defeated one of the most legendary players in history at the age of 20, she should have became famous overnight but her win has been overshadowed by this whole affair. Shame on Serena and the media.

SpinCycleMKV · 2018-09-12T17:50:13+00:00

Black woman, Spanish judge, Japanese winner. White man's fault.

specialdogg · 2018-09-13T07:23:03+00:00

I'm a man to predicate this comment given the subreddit.

If anyone commenting in this thread actually watched the post match ceremony, the entire 15k crowd was booing while the 21 year old girl who's dream it was to play Serena won this tourney was crying and pulling her hat over her face because people were booing her victory, Serena hugged & embraced her multiple times and ** Serena begged the crowd to stop booing and allow this girl to enjoy her victory.** It was pure class on Serena's part despite her in-match meltdown.

Yes she made post match comments that were wrong regarding the sexism. But jesus guys, how many athletes have made the wrong choice of words after winning or losing on the biggest stage? Show a little empathy, man or woman, when someone loses a tough match or the big game.

crnext · 2018-09-12T01:25:46+00:00

BAN SERENA

SmallerButton · 2018-09-12T02:37:57+00:00

BuT sHe WaS FinED MoRe, So it Is SeXisM AnD thE WaGe Gap MakEs It WORse

2018-09-12T10:08:27+00:00

"You're penalizing me because I'm a woman" Bitch you're playing another woman! No one's out to get you because you're a woman, they out to get you because you're YOU.

thrway_1000 · 2018-09-11T18:41:14+00:00

Archive -- https://archive.is/nVrrY

Rando9124 · 2018-09-12T12:41:17+00:00

She was weaponizing it to be a bully. I mean that's exactly how I look at it. She was being a bully. She knew that if she pulled that out she would be putting pressure on that referee and other people. She knows how dangerous it is to say that and how people especially men just have too often just comply even if its bs. It was a dorm.of bullying. Trying to push the ref in that moment into what she wanted.

IntrovertAlien · 2018-09-12T05:38:28+00:00

Yep.

axilmar · 2018-09-12T13:39:14+00:00

John McEnroe...nough said.

omegaphallic · 2018-09-12T16:02:00+00:00

Least anyone think I'm giving Serena a pussy pass, I don't like Beniot got fined either. $16,500 is more then I make a year.

M60P · 2018-09-12T21:00:18+00:00

Excellent comment by OP

tykusstarcraft · 2018-09-12T23:17:30+00:00

She did get fined 3 times for like ~17k

Good-Boi · 2018-09-12T07:31:47+00:00

Serena is a piece of shit

jrod2112 · 2018-09-12T12:34:05+00:00

Be careful not to talk too much shit about her: she is apparently married to one of the biggest mods on this site, and he has plans to go on a banning raid soon. This sub could get put on that list.

2018-09-12T14:11:44+00:00

She's a product of the PC environment where you can do anything and blame racism, sexism, misogyny, etc. We're headed toward hard times as long as this continues. We already have a generation of entitlement (or two, maybe three)...

500Rads · 2018-09-12T12:50:50+00:00

No the white male privludged ref is racist and sexist and should be killed just for eye contact

50PercentLies · 2018-09-12T05:39:49+00:00

You guys are so dumb. Makes it hard to be an MRA when I see this shit.

Serena wasn't mad about the racket breaking violation. She was mad that the coaching violation was upheld, meaning the racket break resulted in her losing a point at a point in the match where she was gaining in momentum and consistency.

Ramos almost never gives coaching violations, and he never penalized Nadal's uncle for waaaaaay worse coaching infractions. Even Pascha was coaching. That violation was bullshit.

Then she confronted him and he gave her a third violation which gave up a game, even though I can't remember a time where Ramos gave a conduct violation, especially not to professional whiny bitches, Djokovich and Sharapova.

Chairs are very consistent with racket break violations, and players know that, weighing the need to vent their frustration against a fine. Coaching and conduct violations are basically nonexistent. Even in the final Pascha was doing the same shit Pat was. Ramos targeted Serena.

Pathfinder24 · 2018-09-11T19:25:26+00:00

Getting angsty over sports is unbecoming of a men's rights movement. The goal is to counter claims of sexism, not to attack female players.

ExiledSenpai · 2018-09-12T07:39:36+00:00

Serena was penalized points, and likely lost as a result.

RDay · 2018-09-12T01:22:00+00:00

it's hard not picturing you wagging your finger over in The_Donald while reciting this title.

Show us on the doll where you wish a pretty girl would finally touch you.

Manganella · 2018-09-11T23:59:35+00:00

Can anyone explain why a man has never been penalized a game for their outburst? I haven’t heard many complaints about the fine but men have been just as guilty with calling umpires names but never penalized the game.

wickedogg · 2018-09-11T22:59:48+00:00

Not sure anyone cares about the $ fine. I'm sure Serena can pay. She complained about being penalized a game, which didn't happen to a man.

yutfree · 2018-09-12T04:48:27+00:00

Women, am I right?

No one blamed sexism when male tennis player Benoit Paire was fined $16,500 dollars for smashing his rackets. Serena had to use the sexism card for something that any player would get fined for, male or female, because she's butthurt about losing. Serena needs to grow up.

BAN SERENA

BAN HER LIMP NOODLE NO SPINE HAVING COACH TOO.

1 - getting coached during the match (admitted by her coach after the match)

2 - smashing her racket

3 - verbally abusing the official