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Err... Is this sexist?

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evilhamster · 01/12/2012 09:20

This one

It seems to be quite sexist, or at least biased, not to mention being anti-Paralympics/Paralympian (disablist?) in one of the paragraphs. And I find it hard to believe it's written by a credible journalist at all. Amongstr other things, he seems to be saying that someone (Froch) who's not actually even top in weight band is better than someone like Jessica Ennis who's the best in her sport. Not to mention completely disregarding the fact that it's not Best At Sport, but Sport's Personality of the Year. Or have I just been looking at it wrongly?

Is it just me, or do you think the same?

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edam · 01/12/2012 11:53

The theory of penis envy was Freud, who had very strange ideas about all sorts of things, bless him. And probably did great harm to all the poor people who were 'treated' by him. Very unscientific, drawing massive generalised conclusions from his personal opinion. Some of his work led to some interesing stuff but it is desperately flawed.

Back to the column - this guy has issues and is desperately upset that he is not important enough to be given the job of drawing up the list for sports personality of the year. Clearly a misogynist.

digerd · 01/12/2012 11:43

Didn't think a mysogynist hated women because we don't have a penis ??
Or did you mean because we are women?

Heard of a male theory that some females suffer from " Penis Envy" - what a load of BS. Me thinks it shows how obsessed he is with his own. I'm certainly glad I don't have all that baggage between my legs

Original poster
evilhamster · 01/12/2012 11:21

Sorry about the sexist/misogynist thing. English isn't my first language.

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KRITIQ · 01/12/2012 10:18

It's deeply misogynist, and my jaw also dropped at the patronising , 'thought-provoking' paralympics comment.

The reader comment about the daftness of preferring a golfer (described as a pastime and not a sport,) and someone who sits on an animal that does all the work over to Olympic Gold medalists says it all.

TheOriginalPan · 01/12/2012 10:17

He makes a repeatedly well-made point about the prize not being for 'personality' rather than for achievement ( see 2 years ago Ryan Giggs won it), but other than that obv point the man's a regressive gonk. How you label him is up to you.

WithTheDude · 01/12/2012 09:59

That isn't sexism. That's misogyny. His loathing of women for not having penises is oozing off the page.