The media’s treatment of the first female jockey to win Australia’s most prestigious horse-racing event shows just how far the sport has to go before truly respecting women When Michelle Payne got off her Melbourne Cup-winning horse Prince of Penzance and accused racing of being a “chauvinistic sport”,she did not exempt the owners of her mount from criticism.“Everyone else can collect stuffed [who] think women aren’t helpful enough,” she said moments after her win in Australia’s biggest race on Tuesday. “It’s such a chauvinistic sport, and a lot of the owners wanted to kick me off.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com