BIWItheBold
"In some ways I don't find it surprising that a man (I'm assuming you're male, given the comments that have been made, Helxi, saying you are so?) would make an argument that women don't deserve to be paid as much as women."
You've assumed I'm male on the basis of something I haven't actually said.
I think the players' prize money should be whatever the All England Club deems economically feasible.
messyisthenewtidy
"Acknowledging that both sexes grunt but that it only annoying when the women do it because of their shrillness sounds pretty damn misogynistic to me. Yes yes, it's the shrillness that is annoying not the gender of the shrieker yet shrillness is associated with higher voices which women naturally usually have. Thus it's annoying. See how it works?
Can't believe we even have to discuss women's grunting habits on court! Wtf does it have to do with anything? Johnny Mac used to disrupt with his swearing. Boris has been known to dig out his bogies whilst being interviewed but nooooo it's the shrillness that's annoying!"
'Grunter' is a derogatory term that I applied to both sexes. Both sexes. Seems fair to me. Sharapova happens to be, IMO, the worst offender both in terms of volume and the fact that she does it nearly every. single. time. she hits the ball. And yes, she is shrill, deliberately I suspect, which makes it all the more audible than a lower pitched grunt you might find the Williams sisters making.
That she uses her female vocal chords for the purposes of gamesmanship is not my fault.
As for the men... they tend to be more aggressive both physically and verbally, sometimes outrageously so, and should be sanctioned accordingly. As they should if they start grunting on every single shot, thus masking the sound of the ball hitting the racquet, i.e. cheating, and making the sport almost unwatchable.
And when I'm watching a tennis match I've never seen Boris come on court and start picking his nose, consequently I couldn't care less want he does with his nostrils.
All of this relates to the fact that I do not think women should play more than 3 sets, regardless of the prize money. I don't think it would be good television for the reasons stated, mostly the lack of depth of talent in the womens' game. Oddly enough no one's denied that, instead you're getting upset about the word 'shrill' being applied to one female player who I suspect knows precisely what she is doing. You're not even denying the truth that she is shrill and bloody awful to watch. Bizarre.