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

[Anonymous]

LPGA golfer not offended by prank

https://www.si.com/golf/news/suzann-pettersen-tiger-woods-tampon-joke-comments

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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.

Exactly!!

For those not offended, please say, out loud, what Tiger intended by giving that guy a tampon?

I was completely unoffended by this incident. He gave Thomas the tampon after he outdrove Thomas (he is 18 years older than Thomas). Was it crass and frankly stupid, yes, but I’m not offended. Men and women drive off of different tees becuase of the difference in strength and the distance they get off the tee, so that’s why he was doing “you drive like a girl” schtick.

As a woman I wasn’t offended either. Perhaps because I play golf so realize women can’t hit the ball as far as men can. There are different starting points where you drive the ball at the start of each hole. The ladies’ tees are moved closer to the hole from where men tee off.

Are you honestly believing that ALL men - ALL- hit the ball further than any single female out there? Please tell me you don't believe that!

And if you do believe that and think that ALL women are inferior to men (in strength, size, etc.) then please explain why a tampon is the signal for being a woman. He could have motioned him to the women tee spot. He could have handed him a card with a message on it. Why a tampon?

I’m not the PP but you are taking this way too seriously. In the context of professional golfers, yes women and men play from different tees because men outdrive the women. It is not some affront to women everywhere to acknowledge that. Sure, he could have motioned to the women’s tees instead, but instead he handed him a tampon, whatever. Let’s be real you would have been offended by him motioning to the women’s tees too.

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Some of you need to examine why it’s so important for you to be REALLY upset about a stupid inside joke between golfers.

Keep being the cool girl but he's disgusting and it's an insulting, gross attempt at humour. He's just hammering away at the nails in his coffin.

Honestly, if my take means I’m “the cool girl,” then fine, I’ll be the cool girl. Although I think it’s more about just having a healthier perspective and not taking myself and everything else so d@mn seriously. I’d rather laugh at a crude joke than hang around with some of you joyless, judgmental scolds.

I really am a cool person. I am not easily offended, but as I age, and raise a teenager daughter, my awareness of these attitudes toward women has really heightened. Men demean us in so many ways. We have such a long way to go toward being treated equally-or even with respect by so many, ahem, Tiger. If you're raising a daughter, just teach her that it's cool to tell those guys to STFU when they act like little aholes and if a son, teach him not be one. You may cool, but you are out of touch, big time.

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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.

Exactly!!

For those not offended, please say, out loud, what Tiger intended by giving that guy a tampon?

I was completely unoffended by this incident. He gave Thomas the tampon after he outdrove Thomas (he is 18 years older than Thomas). Was it crass and frankly stupid, yes, but I’m not offended. Men and women drive off of different tees becuase of the difference in strength and the distance they get off the tee, so that’s why he was doing “you drive like a girl” schtick.

As a woman I wasn’t offended either. Perhaps because I play golf so realize women can’t hit the ball as far as men can. There are different starting points where you drive the ball at the start of each hole. The ladies’ tees are moved closer to the hole from where men tee off.

Are you honestly believing that ALL men - ALL- hit the ball further than any single female out there? Please tell me you don't believe that!

And if you do believe that and think that ALL women are inferior to men (in strength, size, etc.) then please explain why a tampon is the signal for being a woman. He could have motioned him to the women tee spot. He could have handed him a card with a message on it. Why a tampon?

Yes - in professional golf. The longest hitting woman on tour averages 271.75 yards. That would rank 213 on the men's tour. So yes, men hit it further and on a professional level women are inferior.

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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.

Exactly!!

For those not offended, please say, out loud, what Tiger intended by giving that guy a tampon?

I was completely unoffended by this incident. He gave Thomas the tampon after he outdrove Thomas (he is 18 years older than Thomas). Was it crass and frankly stupid, yes, but I’m not offended. Men and women drive off of different tees becuase of the difference in strength and the distance they get off the tee, so that’s why he was doing “you drive like a girl” schtick.

As a woman I wasn’t offended either. Perhaps because I play golf so realize women can’t hit the ball as far as men can. There are different starting points where you drive the ball at the start of each hole. The ladies’ tees are moved closer to the hole from where men tee off.

Are you honestly believing that ALL men - ALL- hit the ball further than any single female out there? Please tell me you don't believe that!

And if you do believe that and think that ALL women are inferior to men (in strength, size, etc.) then please explain why a tampon is the signal for being a woman. He could have motioned him to the women tee spot. He could have handed him a card with a message on it. Why a tampon?

I’m not the PP but you are taking this way too seriously. In the context of professional golfers, yes women and men play from different tees because men outdrive the women. It is not some affront to women everywhere to acknowledge that. Sure, he could have motioned to the women’s tees instead, but instead he handed him a tampon, whatever. Let’s be real you would have been offended by him motioning to the women’s tees too.

+1

Some of you need to examine why it’s so important for you to be REALLY upset about a stupid inside joke between golfers.

Keep being the cool girl but he's disgusting and it's an insulting, gross attempt at humour. He's just hammering away at the nails in his coffin.

Honestly, if my take means I’m “the cool girl,” then fine, I’ll be the cool girl. Although I think it’s more about just having a healthier perspective and not taking myself and everything else so d@mn seriously. I’d rather laugh at a crude joke than hang around with some of you joyless, judgmental scolds.

Hope you don’t have daughters.

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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.

Exactly!!

For those not offended, please say, out loud, what Tiger intended by giving that guy a tampon?

I was completely unoffended by this incident. He gave Thomas the tampon after he outdrove Thomas (he is 18 years older than Thomas). Was it crass and frankly stupid, yes, but I’m not offended. Men and women drive off of different tees becuase of the difference in strength and the distance they get off the tee, so that’s why he was doing “you drive like a girl” schtick.

As a woman I wasn’t offended either. Perhaps because I play golf so realize women can’t hit the ball as far as men can. There are different starting points where you drive the ball at the start of each hole. The ladies’ tees are moved closer to the hole from where men tee off.

Are you honestly believing that ALL men - ALL- hit the ball further than any single female out there? Please tell me you don't believe that!

And if you do believe that and think that ALL women are inferior to men (in strength, size, etc.) then please explain why a tampon is the signal for being a woman. He could have motioned him to the women tee spot. He could have handed him a card with a message on it. Why a tampon?

I’m not the PP but you are taking this way too seriously. In the context of professional golfers, yes women and men play from different tees because men outdrive the women. It is not some affront to women everywhere to acknowledge that. Sure, he could have motioned to the women’s tees instead, but instead he handed him a tampon, whatever. Let’s be real you would have been offended by him motioning to the women’s tees too.

+1

Some of you need to examine why it’s so important for you to be REALLY upset about a stupid inside joke between golfers.

Keep being the cool girl but he's disgusting and it's an insulting, gross attempt at humour. He's just hammering away at the nails in his coffin.

Honestly, if my take means I’m “the cool girl,” then fine, I’ll be the cool girl. Although I think it’s more about just having a healthier perspective and not taking myself and everything else so d@mn seriously. I’d rather laugh at a crude joke than hang around with some of you joyless, judgmental scolds.

You don't need to laugh to get along, you know? Try it.

Hope you don’t have daughters.

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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.

Exactly!!

For those not offended, please say, out loud, what Tiger intended by giving that guy a tampon?

I was completely unoffended by this incident. He gave Thomas the tampon after he outdrove Thomas (he is 18 years older than Thomas). Was it crass and frankly stupid, yes, but I’m not offended. Men and women drive off of different tees becuase of the difference in strength and the distance they get off the tee, so that’s why he was doing “you drive like a girl” schtick.

As a woman I wasn’t offended either. Perhaps because I play golf so realize women can’t hit the ball as far as men can. There are different starting points where you drive the ball at the start of each hole. The ladies’ tees are moved closer to the hole from where men tee off.

Are you honestly believing that ALL men - ALL- hit the ball further than any single female out there? Please tell me you don't believe that!

And if you do believe that and think that ALL women are inferior to men (in strength, size, etc.) then please explain why a tampon is the signal for being a woman. He could have motioned him to the women tee spot. He could have handed him a card with a message on it. Why a tampon?

I’m not the PP but you are taking this way too seriously. In the context of professional golfers, yes women and men play from different tees because men outdrive the women. It is not some affront to women everywhere to acknowledge that. Sure, he could have motioned to the women’s tees instead, but instead he handed him a tampon, whatever. Let’s be real you would have been offended by him motioning to the women’s tees too.

+1

Some of you need to examine why it’s so important for you to be REALLY upset about a stupid inside joke between golfers.

It’s a micro aggression. One of millions that women experience in their lives. Sometimes people get tired of it.

Yeah I’m a woman and I have a lot more immediate and meaningful things to be concerned with in my life than the “micro aggression” of two dudes joking around. I think a lot of you need some perspective if this is the kind of thing that sends you into a tailspin.

I'm not sure how you define tailspin, commenting on someone's poor, sexist behavior hardly equals a tailspin. I have a daughter and it matters.

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Cry like a girl, throw like a girl, drive like a pussy: we get it. Women are all around inferior to men and if you don’t think that professional athletes should be propagating these stupid sexist tropes, we are judgmental and joyless.

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Oh, I forgot, women are crazy and hormonal but testosterone is the most crazy and dangerous hormone known to humanity.

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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.

Exactly!!

For those not offended, please say, out loud, what Tiger intended by giving that guy a tampon?

I was completely unoffended by this incident. He gave Thomas the tampon after he outdrove Thomas (he is 18 years older than Thomas). Was it crass and frankly stupid, yes, but I’m not offended. Men and women drive off of different tees becuase of the difference in strength and the distance they get off the tee, so that’s why he was doing “you drive like a girl” schtick.

As a woman I wasn’t offended either. Perhaps because I play golf so realize women can’t hit the ball as far as men can. There are different starting points where you drive the ball at the start of each hole. The ladies’ tees are moved closer to the hole from where men tee off.

Are you honestly believing that ALL men - ALL- hit the ball further than any single female out there? Please tell me you don't believe that!

And if you do believe that and think that ALL women are inferior to men (in strength, size, etc.) then please explain why a tampon is the signal for being a woman. He could have motioned him to the women tee spot. He could have handed him a card with a message on it. Why a tampon?

I’m not the PP but you are taking this way too seriously. In the context of professional golfers, yes women and men play from different tees because men outdrive the women. It is not some affront to women everywhere to acknowledge that. Sure, he could have motioned to the women’s tees instead, but instead he handed him a tampon, whatever. Let’s be real you would have been offended by him motioning to the women’s tees too.

+1

Some of you need to examine why it’s so important for you to be REALLY upset about a stupid inside joke between golfers.

It’s a micro aggression. One of millions that women experience in their lives. Sometimes people get tired of it.

Yeah I’m a woman and I have a lot more immediate and meaningful things to be concerned with in my life than the “micro aggression” of two dudes joking around. I think a lot of you need some perspective if this is the kind of thing that sends you into a tailspin.

I'm not sure how you define tailspin, commenting on someone's poor, sexist behavior hardly equals a tailspin. I have a daughter and it matters.

It's just another way for these asses to demean us prior poster. We're never rational in their minds if we disagree with or are disgusted by something.

Tiger Woods is gross and disgusting. I can't fathom who would think of him in any positive way.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh it’s so stupid. People get offended over everything!

Came here to say this. It’s ridiculous. Save the offense for the big, important stuff.

Calling out small stuff helps make big change.

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I see both points. As someone who grew up on heavy metal and gangster rap, the joke is quite mild in comparison. Was it tasteless? Yes. Do I care that much to let it ruin my day? No. I don't really GAF about Tiger Woods. I wd just tell my DD Tiger isn't really someone to look up to, not to take his words to heart, that men like him probably wouldn't make good partner material and that her life can rock regardless of what Tiger does.

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Anonymous wrote:I see both points. As someone who grew up on heavy metal and gangster rap, the joke is quite mild in comparison. Was it tasteless? Yes. Do I care that much to let it ruin my day? No. I don't really GAF about Tiger Woods. I wd just tell my DD Tiger isn't really someone to look up to, not to take his words to heart, that men like him probably wouldn't make good partner material and that her life can rock regardless of what Tiger does.

This exactly

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Anonymous wrote:LPGA golfer not offended by prank

https://www.si.com/golf/news/suzann-pettersen-tiger-woods-tampon-joke-comments

They are friends and don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

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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.

Exactly!!

For those not offended, please say, out loud, what Tiger intended by giving that guy a tampon?

I was completely unoffended by this incident. He gave Thomas the tampon after he outdrove Thomas (he is 18 years older than Thomas). Was it crass and frankly stupid, yes, but I’m not offended. Men and women drive off of different tees becuase of the difference in strength and the distance they get off the tee, so that’s why he was doing “you drive like a girl” schtick.

As a woman I wasn’t offended either. Perhaps because I play golf so realize women can’t hit the ball as far as men can. There are different starting points where you drive the ball at the start of each hole. The ladies’ tees are moved closer to the hole from where men tee off.

Are you honestly believing that ALL men - ALL- hit the ball further than any single female out there? Please tell me you don't believe that!

And if you do believe that and think that ALL women are inferior to men (in strength, size, etc.) then please explain why a tampon is the signal for being a woman. He could have motioned him to the women tee spot. He could have handed him a card with a message on it. Why a tampon?

Yes - in professional golf. The longest hitting woman on tour averages 271.75 yards. That would rank 213 on the men's tour. So yes, men hit it further and on a professional level women are inferior.

Actually only 213 out of 150 million hit it farther.

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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.

Exactly!!

For those not offended, please say, out loud, what Tiger intended by giving that guy a tampon?

I was completely unoffended by this incident. He gave Thomas the tampon after he outdrove Thomas (he is 18 years older than Thomas). Was it crass and frankly stupid, yes, but I’m not offended. Men and women drive off of different tees becuase of the difference in strength and the distance they get off the tee, so that’s why he was doing “you drive like a girl” schtick.

As a woman I wasn’t offended either. Perhaps because I play golf so realize women can’t hit the ball as far as men can. There are different starting points where you drive the ball at the start of each hole. The ladies’ tees are moved closer to the hole from where men tee off.

Are you honestly believing that ALL men - ALL- hit the ball further than any single female out there? Please tell me you don't believe that!

And if you do believe that and think that ALL women are inferior to men (in strength, size, etc.) then please explain why a tampon is the signal for being a woman. He could have motioned him to the women tee spot. He could have handed him a card with a message on it. Why a tampon?

Yes - in professional golf. The longest hitting woman on tour averages 271.75 yards. That would rank 213 on the men's tour. So yes, men hit it further and on a professional level women are inferior.

Actually only 213 out of 150 million hit it farther.

Good point. I was unaware 150 million women’s played golf and were offended.