Serena and the Male Judge

The policing of women, in sport and out

Lisa Renee
Sep 9, 2018 · 4 min read

Everyone is buzzing about what happened at the US Open this weekend. If you’ve managed to avoid it, I’ll recap. In Saturday’s final against Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams — the greatest women’s tennis player ever, possibly the greatest tennis player ever, arguably the greatest athlete of all time — was penalized a point, and then a game, in a Grand Slam…

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