Tiger Woods landed in sizzling water following a very sexist prank he pulled on the golf course this week.
During the opening spherical on the Genesis Invitational on the Riviera Country Club in California on Thursday, the 47-year-old golfer outdrove his pal and competitor Justin Thomas initially of the ninth gap – hitting 323 yards in comparison with the 29-year-old’s 313 yards. While the 2 had been strolling up the green, Tiger determined to prank Justin and slide a tampon into his hand. Really, Tiger?! Mind you, he’s a father of a 15-year-old daughter and simply pulled a sexist gesture that principally instructed his competitor performed like a woman. WTF. The PGA Tour star rapidly tossed the product to the bottom, and Tiger put his round Justin earlier than they began laughing. You can ch-ch-check out the second (beneath):
Yes, Tiger Woods 100% handed Justin Thomas a tampon after he outdrove him. pic.twitter.com/VJbfldyXhw
— Busted Coverage (@bustedcoverage) February 17, 2023
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When images of the interplay went viral on Friday, many individuals weren’t laughing together with Tiger and Justin. In truth, they known as out the athlete for the inherently misogynistic gag on Twitter, writing:
“if tiger spent three months a year bleeding and coping with period pain, they’d make a whole-ass documentary about how champions overcome insurmountable obstacles”
“Misogyny and sexism is ever present in sports. Tiger Woods using a menstruation product, which many people cannot afford with the lack of access significantly impacts their lives, to show Justin Thomas that he’s ‘the man’ is not funny. It shows what he thinks of women.”
“Positioning menstruation as weakness is the patriarchy and this is a puerile, stale joke. Let’s put the menstrual cramp machine on Tiger Woods so he can have some more data about menstruation.”
“Call me woke. Call me a snowflake. Call me ‘offended’. Whatever. But handing another male golfer a tampon is objectively not funny. It shows the sophistication of a 14 year old schoolboy.”
Following the backlash, Tiger apologized for the incident and insisted he didn’t imply to offend anyone. He stated throughout a press convention on Friday:
“Yeah, it was supposed to be all fun and games, and obviously it hasn’t turned out that way. If I offended anybody, it was not the case, it was just friends having fun. As I said, if I offended anybody in any way, shape, or form, I’m sorry. It was not intended to be that way. It was just — we play pranks on one another all the time and virally, I think, this did not come across that way, but between us it was — it’s different.”
Tiger Woods apologized for his joke with Justin Thomas at Riviera pic.twitter.com/hqvMT1X5dO
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 17, 2023
Seriously? It positively seems like he both doesn’t perceive the error of his methods or doesn’t see something improper with principally implying that individuals who menstruate are “weaker.” Ugh. What are your ideas on the matter, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF within the feedback beneath!
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