Andy Murray having to remind sports journalists (again) that women exist

I love the way he did it, hilarious!
Just I. A way that wasn't rude but had undertones of 'you ignorant twat!'

I wish we could give him some award. Do Mumsnet do annual awards for people that we could vote on, if not they should MNHQ?

he gets just as much grief for his feminism as women do

He definitely doesn't. Whilst it's not universal praise, the vast majority of the reactions on social media are praising him. Also - and I'm guilty of this as well - many women praise men such as him far more for challenging sexism than if a woman did it, with them attaining heroic status simply for doing so (which they'd not be able to if other men weren't sexist). As I said I understand why this happens as unfortunately men challenging sexism is vital and I think I do the same not only with stories like this but boys I know too.

Women challenging sexism are met with all the responses Popchyck outlined and more, with some general abuse thrown in as well. The reaction is completely different.

"he gets just as much grief for his feminism as women do."

I think not.

I was referring to the comments below the articles I was reading! Unless you've read exactly the same articles as I have, how the hell do you know?

I like him for not fawing to and performing for the media in general but that clip was bloody brilliant. It's a shame it needed to be said at all in this day and age.

I often wonder why so many people are so negative about him. He's one of tennis's best (certainly one of Britain's best ever) players, he never bloody gives up, he does things like go through an almost embarrassingly one sided public defeat and then agree to play exhibition tennis at the same tournament the next day so that fans are not left with nothing to see when the match they had tickets for is cancelled, he's drily funny, he refuses to play the inane bouncy media game, and he is consistently and genuinely feminist- in a way that makes it clear that he is bemused by those are not. So he doesn't smile as much as some people like and he gets cross with himself during matches? That pales beside all the good things about him.

(Also, a friend of a friend works for him and I hear nothing but good. Apparently he is a supportive and generous employer and a very decent and kind man. So there.)

I actually think he doesn't give a shit about being liked. He cares about being the best and doing what's right. I totally respect that. He has what old fashioned people like me call moral fibre.

The ripple of laughter afterwards really annoys me - it's like the whole room of male journalists all had a moment of "Oh yes, recognising women exist is kind of your THING isnt it Andy? How cute you are about it all, haha". There should have been a moment of awkward silence as the sexism was recognised, not a giggle of "oh yes, arent we NAUGHTY".

And the fact that everyone passes opinion on Kim's clothes etc.

YY, even on the actual match thread on the BBC yesterday one of the commentators "my mum had that coat in the 70s" on a picture of Kim watching the match.

I love him anyway and, he doesn't do it to be pc and get 'likes' - he dies it because it's what he believes and it's natural to him.

There was a good, similar situation recently where the Indian women's captain pushed back with a (male) journo who asked her who her favourite men's player was. As she right pointed out, no-one asks the men who their favourite women's player is

The response on Twitter was mostly positive, but (from an unscientific squizz through) there were far more "why is she getting uppity, it's a fair question" type comments than Sir Andy has received

It was brilliant. And like someone said upthread, the fact that he sounds pissed off - he sounds tired of it. He's not virtue signalling, he's not trying to be a good guy, he just is a good guy, and because it's fucking tiresome bullshit.

Bloody good for Andy Murray, but oh god, isn't it so tiring that he or anyone else still has to do this?

www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jan/29/andy-murray-kim-sears-swearing-australian-open
Here you go

I love him.

Proud mamma - and rightly so.

Madison's keys isn't white but coco vandeweghe is, so the point still rings true.

"he gets just as much grief for his feminism as women do."

I think not.

Yes, Male Chauvinist Pig. I'm reviving it

"He gets just as much grief for his feminism as women do".

Oh, I sincerely doubt that, TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross.

I've never been an Andy fan, as much as I think he's a phenomenal tennis player and I do enjoy watching him play. But, his championing of women is awesome and it truly does make me love him for it. It's so selfless, he has nothing to gain from it. I have enormous respect for him as a result, and I'm starting to think he might be very interesting to have at the table in a fantasy evening at the pub scenario

If Serena, Venus and Sloane Stephens were the only other US players to reach a semi-final, then sure - sexist and racist. But they're not, as other posters have pointed out. Coco Vandeweghe reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open, for example, as has Madison Keyes.

Madison Keys isn't white!

Male chauvinist pig

It was a popular expression in the 1970s & 1980s. Very useful. Not sure when it stopped being widely used (lived abroad in 90s/Cool Britannia era).