Pretty Stupid

[naomi24]

//BBC tennis pair Boris Becker and John Inverdale faced a volley of criticism after calling a player’s fiancée “very pretty”.//

It’s sexist - apparently. What a joyless bunch the 'Woke' are!! The most intolerant of all.

Thank goodness they didn’t say she was ugly!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/15526778/boris-becker-john-inverdale-sexism-fiancee-very-pretty/

[youngmafbog]

God, bet you are a bundle of laughs in the pub Gromit.

[naomi24]

I think the complainant saw it as derogatory, Sunk, which is why she complained. She called it ‘objectification’. I looked that up - just to be sure I hadn’t misunderstood - and it means //the action of degrading someone to the status of a mere object.// Yes, she did consider it derogatory.

[Khandro]

Has anyone ever known a pretty woman complain that she had been told so?

[Untitled]

one woman complained? Is that it?

[jim360]

I'm surprised that people can't appreciate that just because something is meant as a compliment doesn't mean it comes across that way. It's something that has been appreciated for ages, and has nothing to do with being "woke". Haven't you seen Mr. Collins (from Pride & Prejudice)?

This doesn't mean that you can't pay a compliment. It does mean that you should give more regards to the situation you're in when intending to do so (and the tone of your delivery, for that matter). Which is as it should be.

[dannyk13]

Untitled, it just says "a volley of criticism"

[Untitled]

"Has anyone ever known a pretty woman complain that she had been told so? "

Err yes. If a woman is minding her own business (and not at an event or venue where she's obviously looking for the opposite sex), it's only polite to refrain from providing unsolicited comments about her appearance. Lots of women find that uncomfortable.

[Untitled]

I can read that danny. Don't see any examples other than this one woman.

[dannyk13]

Jim, of course it had something to do with woke.From the link:-
//Women in Sport’s Stephanie Hilborne said her charity has spent decades trying to end objectification.//

[Atheist]

I expect that the Sun wanted to turn a few words into a story - tennis, pretty girl (with photos to parade), 'woke'. All the ingredients to wake up the snoozing Tunbridge Wells brigade and the wide awake and alert 'woke' brigade.
So naturally they phone up Stephanie Hilborne (and no doubt others) for a comment.
And so here we all are at AB having a good grumble.

[Untitled]

I agree Atheist

[Khandro]

untitled // Lots of women find that uncomfortable.//

Are you a man or a woman?

[Untitled]

A man, as it says on my profile.

[naomi24]

//I expect that the Sun wanted to turn a few words into a story//

Stephanie Hilborne, Chief Executive of Women in Sport, complained to the BBC who said ‘Boris Becker made a light-hearted comment not intended to cause offence'. The story is carried in other national newspapers too.

Jim, Good grief! Mr Collins?! Are you serious?

I think the accuracy of my assessment of the joyless woke has been confirmed here. Cheer up chaps - and thank the Lord that it's pretty safe to say that you're very unlikely to be insulted in this disgraceful manner. :o)

[Untitled]

One woman from an obscure charity complains to BBC, who disagree with her... slow news day innit!

[vulcan42]

Do you watch much sport on TV Sunk?

[naomi24]

Slow enough for you to bother to contribute more than once to this thread, untitled.

[david small]

A man chases a girl until she catches him. An old song, but true. I will continue to compliment a lady upon her appearance, prettiness, and attractiveness and no woke knobbers are going to stop me. For instance, naomi24 I admire your opinions on this site highly. You seem to me to be a very nice person. Erudite, interesting, and your contributions well worth reading.

[Sunk]

A woman I have never heard of from a charity I have never heard of complains to the BBC.
And a load of petty whingers go apeshit on social media.
Get a life people.

[dannyk13]

sunk//Get a life people.//
Suggest that you follow your own advice.