http://www.dailystead.com/wimbledon-to-pay-female-tennis-players-twice-as-much-as-males-from-2017Quote
“We want to compensate women for the lower prize money they have been paid in the past,” said spokesperson Jeremy Andrews “It took us 39 years to introduce equal pay after the Open Era in 1968, so for all that time men were earning more than women and we can’t pretend it didn’t happen.
“By paying women the same as men, we’re just sweeping it under the rug, we need to right the wrongs of the past. We will be paying women a 20% bonus for the foreseeable future, starting 2017.”
In 2007, the decision to pay Wimbledon players equally regardless of their gender was received positively on the whole, despite many arguing that men should be paid more for playing 5 sets rather than the women’s three. In addition to this, the argument that there is a huge disparity in viewing figures, with many more people watching men’s tennis. In 2015, the Wimbledon men’s final attracted a peak audience of 9.2 million viewers, compared with 4.3 million for the women’s final.
the feminist nutjobs have succeeded in securing greater pay for female tennis players despite them drawing fewer views
congrats on more pay for less work which is what the gender gap movement has been about a ll along
This post was edited by duffman316 on Jun 13 2016 12:31am