6 juli 2021 Engelse Reactie :
Ik vond zijn mail zo grappig, dat ik die gewoon even publiceer. (ja, hij vindt het goed!!) Ik heb niet de moeite genomen om alle rode streepjes weg te halen.
Now, Nicoline, pour yourself a strong drink and sit down before you read the attached.
The gender brigade have struck again, this time at one of our most hallowed
sporting institutions, Wimbledon no less.By the way, this morning I went into town and opened a door for a
woman who promptly called me sexistI then complemented a woman on her dress and looks and was
immediately accused of sexual harassment.During coffee with a group of acquaintances I
referred to a good coloured friend of mine and was promptly described as a
racist. I should have used the term a person of colour. Evidently the term I
use now has a “significant association with colonialism, slavery and
apartheid”.Oh, and finally on the way home I stopped off to see my Gypsy
friend or rather my Traveller friend. I got it wrong again.I seem to have inadvertently become the local bigot. My case
comes up in court next week.I staying in for the rest of this week!
Roger
Wimbledon ditches traditional gender distinction
over players’ towels
Wimbledon will no longer provide different coloured
towels to men and women players after officials decided to scrap one of the
last bastions of genderism.
Traditionally men were given two “championship”
green and purple towels, while women received two “seasonal” ones, which in
2019 were pink and turquoise. But this year, for the first time, players are
receiving one of each when they step on court.
A Wimbledon source said that this was one of the
last male/female distinctions to go, having committed to equal pay in 2007 and
equal tweets about male and female players a few years ago, and said the move
was down to “progress” and a sense that the players no longer had a preference for
either colour.
However, they confirmed there were no
plans to make a new cup for the women and a new plate for the men when it comes
to handing out the singles trophies.
Meanwhile, Wimbledon have revealed that they expect
to run out of their popular £34 towels
by the middle of next week after an unexpected run on them during the opening
two days of the tournament.
In 2019 Wimbledon sold 27,419 Championships’ towels
across the fortnight but had ordered a “conservative” volume – believed to be
closer to 15,000 – this time round.
That was largely due to the uncertainty surrounding
the number of fans that would be allowed into Wimbledon. However, officials
have been surprised by how many supporters have wanted a memento of their visit
after the tournament was cancelled last year.
Extract
from the Guardian Newspaper