In the world of tennis, women have always been seen as the less-dominant gender. Generally seen as the weaker side on the tennis tour. However, talks of this debate have come back- especially in Grand Slams. Players on tour have voiced their opinions on whether there should be equal pay and others have argued that claim. In “Should Women Be Paid As Much As Men In Tennis?” a Vice Sports article, “5 Reasons Why Tennis Should Keep Paying Men and Women Equally” a TIME magazine article, “Equal Pay for Equal Play. What the Sport of Tennis Got Right” a PBS article, and “The Sexism in Tennis Needs To be Stopped” a Huffington Post article, they all convey that women and men’s tennis should be paid the same. Though the men’s tour has historically been
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One could say that women don’t have to play five sets which is much longer compared to three. According to a Vice Sports article, it states, “Exactly 100 years after the first tournament in 1884, the WTA Finals... began a 14 year experiment of women playing 5 set matches...Nobody fainted or died. Matches were completed.” Women have already played five set matches before and everything was fine. They can play just as long and nobody was dying at the end. Women shouldn’t get paid less when they are just as capable as men to complete five set matches. There is also another belief that the women’s side is not as entertaining to watch as the men’s side. In an article from Time magazine it stated, “61% of sports enthusiasts say they believe top female athletes are just as talented as their male counterparts, and more than half said they think it’s just as exciting to watch.” This can also go for the tennis world. If women’s tennis is just as talented and exciting to watch, there should be no holdback and questions as to whether they should get paid less. It is evident that the fans and spectators enjoy the women’s side as much as the men’s and that women are no less hard working. In the summer of 1973, the US Open was the first major to offer equal pay after Billie Jean King threatened to organize a boycott of the
One could say that women don’t have to play five sets which is much longer compared to three. According to a Vice Sports article, it states, “Exactly 100 years after the first tournament in 1884, the WTA Finals... began a 14 year experiment of women playing 5 set matches...Nobody fainted or died. Matches were completed.” Women have already played five set matches before and everything was fine. They can play just as long and nobody was dying at the end. Women shouldn’t get paid less when they are just as capable as men to complete five set matches. There is also another belief that the women’s side is not as entertaining to watch as the men’s side. In an article from Time magazine it stated, “61% of sports enthusiasts say they believe top female athletes are just as talented as their male counterparts, and more than half said they think it’s just as exciting to watch.” This can also go for the tennis world. If women’s tennis is just as talented and exciting to watch, there should be no holdback and questions as to whether they should get paid less. It is evident that the fans and spectators enjoy the women’s side as much as the men’s and that women are no less hard working. In the summer of 1973, the US Open was the first major to offer equal pay after Billie Jean King threatened to organize a boycott of the