I remember the attack on Monica Seles and, at the time, it was considered an aberration. Unfortunately, most famous women deal with stalkers on the regular (not to mention what happens to not famous women.) Raducanu continued to play and succeed. On the one hand, it shows her strength and power of will. On the other hand, it shows what society expects of women in elite sports. If she had walked off the court and refused to continue, the media would have eaten her alive for being a quitter. She should not need to be a powerful warrior just to do her job.
I was watching the match on tv and the incident really affected me afterwards. Totally agree with above comments. Very scary.
I remember the attack on Monica Seles and, at the time, it was considered an aberration. Unfortunately, most famous women deal with stalkers on the regular (not to mention what happens to not famous women.) Raducanu continued to play and succeed. On the one hand, it shows her strength and power of will. On the other hand, it shows what society expects of women in elite sports. If she had walked off the court and refused to continue, the media would have eaten her alive for being a quitter. She should not need to be a powerful warrior just to do her job.
Thanks for reading. This is such a good point re the heavy expectations on women in elite sport.