Most will agree that the life of a woman is not an easy one.
On a daily basis, we put on our best face, clothes and hair to walk out into the big wide world of male dominance and once again try to prove that we belong in the world just as much as men do. However, in our moments of glory, we have people like Andy Rooney, the “60 minutes” commentator, to beat us back down.
It has been a long hard road for women in the sports industry. They have had to prove they can hang with the guys and still know what they are talking about.
Rooney has recently aired his opinion about female journalists on the sidelines of football games. It was nothing less than a sexist remark that made waves across the United States. In his commentary he said that “most of them are there because they are good looking.”
Well, Rooney is somewhat right, but mostly wrong!
Many women are there because they are good looking. For women in broadcasting, an attractive package to go along with a brain and personality is an unspoken job requirement. How many ugly women do you ever see on TV?
Furthermore, in making those comments he isn’t thinking about how much research and extra hours those females put into the topics they are reporting about. Journalism requires research.
These ladies are in a hard line of work. They hang out on the sidelines with various groups of huge, sweaty, dirty and bloody men while fighting for an exclusive interview with the star player.
That sure seems a lot harder than Rooney’s job where he sits at a comfortable desk and e-mails his crappy commentaries to whomever will print them. Give these girls some credit for all their hard work.
I also don’t see why he has a problem with women on the sidelines considering that he hasn’t said anything about the scantily clad cheerleaders. Are they not females? Are they not on the sidelines of every game? At least the female journalists aren’t shaking their pompoms for attention.
Rooney goes even further to say “I am not sexist, and it is a mystery to me why so many women are less satisfied with being women, than men are satisfied being men.”
It has absolutely nothing to do with being satisfied as a woman. It has everything to do with wanting a job that is satisfying. Maybe these women want to be among the men who exude power. I am sure that the major networks pay some big bucks to sideline reporters.
Just because I’m fighting for a job that is currently held by a man doesn’t mean I have penis envy. It just means that I want your job because it will better my life.
Unlike men, women have more on their minds than sex. I’m almost positive that the women in these positions didn’t choose their career because they thought it would piss off a man.
He goes on to incite further anger by saying “I find it unbecoming when they try to be like men, too, on the sidelines or anywhere else.”
Rooney, you are just too jealous of those women to even deserve a comment on that statement.
Rooney went on to try and redeem himself but failed miserably. He only dug himself deeper into the pits of feminist hatred. The only thing he seems to have hit right on the nose is the fact that “there is no doubt that women have gotten a bad deal in the long history of human beings on earth. If I had to say which I admire the most, the qualities of men or the qualities of women, I’d choose women. They seem to be better human beings than men.”
Well we might not be better human beings but we sure as hell don’t go around trying to squash the reputations of the opposite sex in the work force. We’re charitable and humble.
It’s a dog-eat-dog world and women are only trying to be the biggest dogs on the block. Be careful Rooney, a woman might have your meaningless job next week.
If you would like to read Rooney’s comments log on to www.60minutes.com and click on Andy Rooney. Then again, just boycott the whole site and program all together. He needs to issue a sincere apology to all the women sports reporters he has offended.

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