By What is so controversial that she felt a need to apologize? From the Sydney Daily Telegraph-
AUSTRALIAN glamour girl Anna Rawson said she was trying to promote golf in a radio interview in which she referred to past female players as “dykes”.
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She came under fire for her poorly chosen comments aired by NOVA 5AA in Adelaide on Wednesday.
“The tour has got so much better with so many young stars and great players,” Rawson told the radio station in an interview arranged by her father Jim. “But the mentality unfortunately amongst the media and the industry hasn’t changed.
“They still think we’re at 25 years ago when the tour was full of, you know, a lot of dykes and unattractive females nobody wanted to watch.”
Rawson is talking about how the media perceives players on tour. Why should she come under fire?
The word Dyke isn’t considered a slur against a female homosexual. Many lesbians use the word to describe themselves and others.
“I could never be with a woman, because I’m just fascinated by what men can do with their bodies that we can’t,” she said before admitting: “This interview will definitely get me in trouble.”
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“I was making a reference to how I feel society sees women’s golf as a whole. I don’t believe that. I wouldn’t want anyone to think that was my opinion and I am sorry I said that, definitely.
“I was making a reference to how women make seven times less than men on the course and 20-to-25 times less on the sponsorship front. It’s amazing how women’s golf has grown and we have many great young players out here, yet society and the media haven’t really caught onto that.
“That’s what I was talking about, I wasn’t talking about my opinion at all.”
So she can’t ever be a lesbian(I can’t either) and she says the usually lazy media can’t or won’t portray ladies golfers correctly today and the differences in prize money. Was any of this off the mark? No, so why the controversy?
Political correctness run amok. BTW that really is Rawson in the photo above. If you want to see more, I suggest a google images search.
2:11 am on February 6th, 2009 1
Just because a group of people use a term to refer to themselves doesn't mean it's appropriate for anybody to use (N-word, for example, isn't kosher for people who aren't)and yes, "dyke" is a derogatory term in general parlance. And while her statement is that the media perception is out of date, she still basically called everybody playing 25 years ago unattractive and/or homosexual. Not exactly diplomatic of her.
1:39 pm on February 6th, 2009 2
I apologize for not offending anyone, ever. If anyone out there was offended because of something I didn't say, I apologize. My greatest regret is the shame that my insensitive silence has brought upon my family, friends, and my employer.
2:16 pm on February 6th, 2009 3
Too many Koreans on tour. Nobody wants to watch that.
1:22 am on February 7th, 2009 4
The woman complains about outdated stereotyping of female golfers as dykes yet makes dumb blonde remarks like "I could never be with a woman, because I’m just fascinated by what men can do with their bodies that we can’t." Never heard of a strap-on? Sheesh.
2:23 am on February 7th, 2009 5
Sonagi,
She meant "sing baritone", "grow lambchops" and "write their names in the snow". You dirty, dirty girl, Sonagi. Sheesh.
Gomushin Girl,
"(N-word, for example, isn’t kosher for people who aren’t)"
Because of the color of my skin, I am not allowed to use a word that people of another skin color can say freely? Wow. Racism AND hypocrisy in a 2 for 1 deal.
They do realize the discrimination isn't really because of arbitrary things like their skin color, don't they?
On another note, what's up with use of the N-word by people with light skin not conforming to Jewish dietary laws?
3:27 am on February 7th, 2009 6
Regarding the differences in prize money (between the PGA and LPGA)………it's a matter of simple economics: the level of the purse paid by a tournament can't be more than what the tournament takes in. LPGA tournaments don't draw near the crowds that PGA tournaments draw – and only make a fraction of the revenue the PGA brings in.