New idea or totally sexist?
The CBC is planning some counter-programming for female non-hockey fans as the Stanley Cup final begins next week, but faced a backlash on Twitter as a slew of posts denounced the idea as sexist.
Viewers can go online to listen to an alternate commentary from Lena Sutherland and Jules Mancuso, who run WhileTheMenWatch.com. They describe their site as a sports talk show for women, “Sex and the City” meets ESPN, with banter “from a woman’s point of view.”
“One afternoon while (our husbands) were both watching the same game on TV Jules and I were on the phone and we started just making comments to each other like, ’Did you see that guy’s hair?’ and ’What’s going on with that coach wearing the suit four sizes too big for him?”’ said Sutherland of their web show’s inspiration.
“And we kind of thought, ’Wow, this is funny, wouldn’t it be great if we could tune into an alternative version of the commentary from a female perspective?’ And that was kind of where we got the idea.”
Not everyone was happy with CBC’s decision.
“Seriously #CBC? While the Men Watch? I’m a serious sports fan and can go toe to toe with any male fan. Thanks for the patronizing insult,” wrote Laurie Kempton.
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This is the thing I find funny about those feminists who are a bit trigger-happy about things that are geared “for...
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While the men watch? Ugh. And then the commentary is focused style as if women couldn’t be watching for the actual game?...
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… CBC -.-
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Not every woman hates sports, not every man likes sport.
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#facepalm
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voracekmeoff reblogged this from giroux-tiful and added:
wow, that’s just really dumb. either watch it for the sport or don’t watch it at all
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What the fuck. If you aren’t a hockey fan don’t listen/watch, girl or guy
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I am almost okay with what they are doing but the name..grr
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Omg this sounds fucking terrible. Sexist.
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Ugh cbc Wtf. I know more about hockey than a lot of guys I know.
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Sexist? Well, maybe the title’s a little sexist, but I think this is awesome. I would totally watch this over an actual...
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I mean… no one is forcing women to listen to this, so if you don’t like it, just watch the game. I don’t think it helps...
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Get over it feminists. I’d watch their show.
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Holy damn, my Twitter and Facebook feeds BLEW UP over this story this am. I’m going to say that I agree with the rage...
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riiiight. “serious sports fans” are insulted that someone (women, in this case) is producing a show with an alternative...
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Jesus Christ, CBC. You think you know someone.
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