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A Woman for Our Time

September 13, 2009

Here’s Serena Williams spouting profanities at the U.S. Open. This is crude behavior in a man, but in a woman it represents something altogether different. This is what feminism has given us: aggression, testosterone, and iron biceps. Just another pampered athlete? A friend of mine was recently driving on a major highway when a woman rear-ended her. My friend got out of the car. She mentioned she had called the police to file an insurance report. The woman threw her against the door of her vehicle and began strangling her and yelling profanities. My friend was saved by a man who was driving by and stopped to pull the crazed woman off of her.

There's nothing better than watching millionaires throwing a hissy fit in front of thousands of fans. Here's a collection of some of our all-time favorites. - By Andy Clayton and Matt Marrone with Wayne Coffey<br /><br />Serena Williams becomes the latest athlete to let her emotions get the better of her, losing her U.S. Open semifinal against Kim Clijsters on Sept. 12, 2009 ...

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Brenda H. writes:

Ugh!!!! And this is attractive?….this is what we’re supposed to tell our daughters to aspire to? I pray that I live long enough to see the trend shift the other way, where gentlemanly & ladylike behavior was the norm for our uber athletes.

Laura writes:

Serena has been criticized for her behavior, but I find even the normal demeanour and appearance of many women athletes disturbing. I wouldn’t be caught dead in one of those tennis outfits, especially if I had thighs the size of tree trunks and the musculature of Hercules. It’s modern-day gladiator wear. How long before women are actualy wrestling lions in the ring? We live in a culture that widely approves of aggression in women and these athletes are just the most noticeable aspect of the phenomenon.

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