This is not about sledging: Kyrgios comments reveal the rampant misogyny that dominates men’s sport
Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend. Sorry to tell you that mate.
This utterly appalling statement murmured by Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios was directed at Stanislas Wawrinka during their Rogers Cup match on Wednesday. On-court microphones recorded Kyrgios making the lewd and disparaging comment with reference to Stan Wawrinka’s girlfriend Donna Vekic, the Croatian tennis player and women’s world No. 129.
The media has been swift to identify these comments as a critical example of sledging, an extremely topical psychological strategy made famous within the sport of cricket, which can help a player gain an advantage by verbally launching an attack on an opposing athlete.… Seguir leyendo »