9 Quotes by The Guardian

There’s far greater awareness now – and the great thing is women know there’s help available.

And then the priest came. I’d never allow this now, but in those days, you didn’t know what best practice was. In front of me, he persuaded her to go home, saying her husband promised never to do it again. And of course he did – she was back again later.

A gentle giant, not a sexist or possessive bone in his body

And they’re all nice, cheerful environments, because that’s what the women deserve.

The 2015 legislation concerning “coercive control” was also a step forward, attempting to tackle the techniques other than violence that are used by a perpetrator to control a victim – from what she can say to how she must look, to where she can go. These were behaviours Horley had highlighted in her book 25 years earlier.

But Serena Williams is right, albeit not as funny as she might have been: his statement is not factually based. 700th? Where did that come from? McEnroe was meaning to say, “She needn’t think she’s all that; there are plenty of men in the world who could beat her” but he overegged it with the number 700, which is a rather hysterical guess.

What a shame. She should have replied: “Dear John, you’re right. I probably would be about 700 in the rankings. But then, I am six months pregnant.

It’s also a shame because I didn’t have John McEnroe pegged as an idiot.

argument na moją obronę, myślę:'This is why I say McEnroe’s an idiot. I hesitate because it’s possible he was just trying to say something interesting – an unfashionable impulse, these days, and one to be treasured. You don’t want to slap down everyone who says something stupid in the heat of the moment, while trying to spice up a broadcast or interview, lest we hurtle even faster towards an entirely empty and monotonous public discourse'.