silverharp wrote: wasnt there an Irish swimmer where her husband deserved a lot of the credit
Sleepy wrote: » I love the snide remark in the first article about the husband being observed being "verbally abusive". I bet if you were to ask the lady herself, she wouldn't see it that way. Coaches tend to shout at their charges every now and then!
ligerdub wrote: » If she doesn't like it then she can sack him.
__Alex__ wrote: » I'll be sure to let her know.
ligerdub wrote: » She already knows that!!
__Alex__ wrote: » Which highlights the pointlessness of your statement. Her hub's behaviour poolside has raised eyebrows. And this is among elite athletes who are well used to tough training. People can discuss that.
ligerdub wrote: » I think of your second sentence and draw attention to your first sentence! Her hubs behaviour might have raised eyebrows to elite athletes as they watch her and her hubby take the medals home! It's completely irrelevant. If she doesn't like the husbands approach she's free to use somebody else's. She obviously doesn't have an issue with it. If other people do they are just wasting their time. He's a bit shouty, big deal, so was Alex Ferguson. Bear in mind that isn't the point here. The point here is that people were up in arms over him getting any sort of praise for her success. Obviously she was the talent, but make no mistake about it, he played a part too.
__Alex__ wrote: » Well, your two examples aren't really comparable in light of what we know about him. She is indeed welcome to use another trainer. But I wouldn't just assume she is happy. I've read a lot about athletes down the years because it interests me and it's not unusual for former athletes to criticise their erstwhile trainer. It's reaching a bit to compare this to the article on Sergio Garcia and his wife. The Sergio article is pretty light in tone. Nobody seriously thinks that anyone but Sergio is responsible for his success. His talent would have been apparent long before he even met his wife.
Calhoun wrote: » I dont think its reaching to compare the two, unless we are being sexist and automatically assume that a woman couldnt possibly have a positive effect on their partners career.
__Alex__ wrote: It's reaching a bit to compare this to the article on Sergio Garcia and his wife. The Sergio article is pretty light in tone. Nobody seriously thinks that anyone but Sergio is responsible for his success. His talent would have been apparent long before he even met his wife.
__Alex__ wrote: Well, your two examples aren't really comparable in light of what we know about him. She is indeed welcome to use another trainer. But I wouldn't just assume she is happy. I've read a lot about athletes down the years because it interests me and it's not unusual for former athletes to criticise their erstwhile trainer.
ligerdub wrote: » The coverage on sky sports made me wonder if she was going to take the winning putt for him. I've seen several pieces of coverage since (including here in this country) which attributed this win to her.
LostinBlanch wrote: » There's an interesting article in the Guardian about Laura Kipnis , a professor who wrote about Title IX, the federal staute in the States that is driving the current rape culture paranoia on US campuses. The one where the accused are denied any legal representation or information about their charges until they turn up, so can not prepare any defense! Of course, writing about this means that 3rd wave feminists turned on her. The article ends with comparing this hysteria to the Salem Witch Trials, but to me it looks like self appointed student groups are acting like Mao's Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution. Trying to cow professors and academics into submission for fear of losing their jobs, or worse.
py2006 wrote: » Just watched the recent episode of All Around to Mrs Brown (s01e06). There is a segement called "Mammy of the Week", were children pay tribute to their mothers and inform us why she deserves to be mother of the year. Queue the funny anecdotes etc. However, one 'funny' anecedote is that she has a 'terrible temper' and takes it out on the husband. She has thrown toasters and hairdryers etc. But the funniest part for the audience was the photo of the hole in the wall that still remains from the knife she threw at him. Which she says is a constant reminder to him to, "stay on her good side". All hysterics!! Reverse the genders etc....
ligerdub wrote: » I recently setup my own business (I'm essentially self-employed). I received the following e-mail this morning, and this sort of stuff is par for the course. I'm sick of this leg-up stuff that's going on! Disclaimer: I'm a man. "Competitive Start Fund (CSF) for Female Entrepreneurs Open Evening in the GEC May 8th Enterprise Ireland’s €750,000 Competitive Start Fund (CSF) for Female Entrepreneurs will open for applications on Wednesday 3rd May and closes at 3pm on Wednesday 17th May. Equity funding of €50,000 is available to a maximum of 15 successful female applicants with early stage, female-led start-up companies. Last year, one in three companies that received CSF investment from Enterprise Ireland were female-led. The purpose of this CSF is to accelerate the growth of female-led start-up companies that have the potential to develop an innovative product or service for sale on international markets, and the potential to create 10 jobs and €1m in sales within 3-4 years of starting up. The fund is designed to accelerate ambitious females to reach their key commercial and technical milestones, build out and validate a scalable business proposition."
flyingsnail wrote: » My local enterprise board pull the same sort of crap, women only lectures, and networking events
The new National Women's Strategy will set out Government policy on promoting equality and the empowerment of women and girls from 2017 to 2020.https://www.ibec.ie/IBEC/DFB.nsf/vPages/Social_affairs~Consultations_and_submissions~national-women's-strategy-and-action-plan-2017-2020-13-12-2016?OpenDocument#.WQnyA4jyuUk
