Am I the only woman not offended by the Tiger Woods tampon incident?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does it mean to give a fellow male participant a tampon when they flub a shot? You can’t answer that question with any response that doesn’t make what he did not sound like a misogynistic duchebag.

It means he is suffering with cramps, hormone swings and feeling a bit sensitive.

A tampon helps with none of those things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It just seemed really childish and a case of arrested development. Women are still fair game. But, God forbid, don't make a black joke.

+1

No race jokes, no sexuality jokes. Gender jokes are fine if it's about women, but not gender identity trans gender jokes!

Much of Tiger's life reflects arrested development and addictive behavior. For various reasons, people let him get away with it.

Very well put.

[Anonymous]

Get a freakin’ grip. Who cares what Tiger Woods jokes about? I like a little un-pc humor. Good for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not offended because he is an offensive lowlife scumbag with poor breeding. His behavior tracks with his character, personality and upbringing. So disgusting scumbag is acting like scumbag and I am supposed to be wasting my precious energy? No exposure needed. He is the Trump of golf.

Poor breeding? What kind of racist assh!le are you? Personally, I was offended by his choice in tampon. Tampax is just not good on heavy flow days.

[Anonymous]

Would be funnier if he was handing his colleague a dosage packet of ED medication.

It would be even funnier if this is a Tampax viral marketing campaign and we are all getting punked. This type of exposure is priceless.

Anyways, even if it was a prank, they never intended it to be a public spectacle. It was supposed to be a private moment, but not for a high speed camera taking multiple photos per second. Id feel differently if Tiger had turned a more public moment into a tampon spectacle - eg handed him a box of tampons during the award ceremony.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not offended because he is an offensive lowlife scumbag with poor breeding. His behavior tracks with his character, personality and upbringing. So disgusting scumbag is acting like scumbag and I am supposed to be wasting my precious energy? No exposure needed. He is the Trump of golf.

Poor breeding.

[Anonymous]

I wasn’t offended but it also wasn’t funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It just seemed really childish and a case of arrested development. Women are still fair game. But, God forbid, don't make a black joke.

+1

No race jokes, no sexuality jokes. Gender jokes are fine if it's about women, but not gender identity trans gender jokes!

Much of Tiger's life reflects arrested development and addictive behavior. For various reasons, people let him get away with it.

Very well put.

Yeah. What a loser. 15 majors, 80+ tournaments won, worth over a billion dollars but slide a dude a tampon and he is a real low-life. By the way, everyone should be made fun of. That is true DEI.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP maybe you're desensitized to misogyny. I grew up with behavior like that and I sort of get it, but it's a terrible message. "boys club"

It’s not that “I’m used to it. It’s that it seriously doesn’t bother me, at all

Everyone, OP is Not Like Other Girls! Stop acting like she is!

To answer your question, OP, no, there are undoubtedly many, many thousands, if not millions, of women who sighed and went on with their day upon learning of Tiger's juvenile behavior. Literally didn't give it another thought. But most of them are not looking for validation about how special that makes them. We realize that people have different experiences, different triggers, and different reactions. And we can recognize a behavior as sexist even if it didn't personally bother us.

He's a high profile athlete whose entire joke was that another player was so bad he was "playing like a woman". Although I personally DGAF what Tiger Woods does (he's a pathetic hot mess of a human) I can certainly see how his behavior would be disheartening to other women and especially young female athletes. I certainly wouldn't be going around looking for validation at my lack of a reaction.

I mean, doesn't he have a daughter? Imagine him trying to explain the joke to her. What a tool.

+1. There's also this "eww tampons" aspect to it that a lot of us encountered in high school or even worse which made life harder when you had your period. Having to hide your tampons or act like they're shameful is stupid and harmful to young girls.

Outrage? Not really. Extremely tired of "ew periods are gross" attitude the whole stunt shows? Yes.

Uh, periods are gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP maybe you're desensitized to misogyny. I grew up with behavior like that and I sort of get it, but it's a terrible message. "boys club"

It’s not that “I’m used to it. It’s that it seriously doesn’t bother me, at all

Everyone, OP is Not Like Other Girls! Stop acting like she is!

To answer your question, OP, no, there are undoubtedly many, many thousands, if not millions, of women who sighed and went on with their day upon learning of Tiger's juvenile behavior. Literally didn't give it another thought. But most of them are not looking for validation about how special that makes them. We realize that people have different experiences, different triggers, and different reactions. And we can recognize a behavior as sexist even if it didn't personally bother us.

He's a high profile athlete whose entire joke was that another player was so bad he was "playing like a woman". Although I personally DGAF what Tiger Woods does (he's a pathetic hot mess of a human) I can certainly see how his behavior would be disheartening to other women and especially young female athletes. I certainly wouldn't be going around looking for validation at my lack of a reaction.

I mean, doesn't he have a daughter? Imagine him trying to explain the joke to her. What a tool.

+1. There's also this "eww tampons" aspect to it that a lot of us encountered in high school or even worse which made life harder when you had your period. Having to hide your tampons or act like they're shameful is stupid and harmful to young girls.

Outrage? Not really. Extremely tired of "ew periods are gross" attitude the whole stunt shows? Yes.

Uh, periods are gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP maybe you're desensitized to misogyny. I grew up with behavior like that and I sort of get it, but it's a terrible message. "boys club"

It’s not that “I’m used to it. It’s that it seriously doesn’t bother me, at all

Everyone, OP is Not Like Other Girls! Stop acting like she is!

To answer your question, OP, no, there are undoubtedly many, many thousands, if not millions, of women who sighed and went on with their day upon learning of Tiger's juvenile behavior. Literally didn't give it another thought. But most of them are not looking for validation about how special that makes them. We realize that people have different experiences, different triggers, and different reactions. And we can recognize a behavior as sexist even if it didn't personally bother us.

He's a high profile athlete whose entire joke was that another player was so bad he was "playing like a woman". Although I personally DGAF what Tiger Woods does (he's a pathetic hot mess of a human) I can certainly see how his behavior would be disheartening to other women and especially young female athletes. I certainly wouldn't be going around looking for validation at my lack of a reaction.

I mean, doesn't he have a daughter? Imagine him trying to explain the joke to her. What a tool.

+1. There's also this "eww tampons" aspect to it that a lot of us encountered in high school or even worse which made life harder when you had your period. Having to hide your tampons or act like they're shameful is stupid and harmful to young girls.

Outrage? Not really. Extremely tired of "ew periods are gross" attitude the whole stunt shows? Yes.

Uh, periods are gross.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It just seemed really childish and a case of arrested development. Women are still fair game. But, God forbid, don't make a black joke.

+1

No race jokes, no sexuality jokes. Gender jokes are fine if it's about women, but not gender identity trans gender jokes!

Much of Tiger's life reflects arrested development and addictive behavior. For various reasons, people let him get away with it.

Very well put.

Yeah. What a loser. 15 majors, 80+ tournaments won, worth over a billion dollars but slide a dude a tampon and he is a real low-life. By the way, everyone should be made fun of. That is true DEI.

I guess you’ve never heard anything about his private life.

[Anonymous]

The faux outrage on this is too much. This is more fun to read than the actual incident!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would be funnier if he was handing his colleague a dosage packet of ED medication.

It would be even funnier if this is a Tampax viral marketing campaign and we are all getting punked. This type of exposure is priceless.

Anyways, even if it was a prank, they never intended it to be a public spectacle. It was supposed to be a private moment, but not for a high speed camera taking multiple photos per second. Id feel differently if Tiger had turned a more public moment into a tampon spectacle - eg handed him a box of tampons during the award ceremony.

Misogyny isn’t okay just because you keep it private. That actually makes it worse, because it shows you know it’s sufficiently bad that you shouldn’t do it in public.

[Anonymous]

Exhibit 5632 that Tiger Woods is a piece of shit with no redeeming value.