Ellyse Perry

World class cricket player from Australia, also played on the national soccer team. Amazing athlete, one of the top in the world. Also really freakin' hot!

The latter observation was the cause of a minor shitstorm recently:

http://www.dailylife.com.au/health-and-fitness/dl-sport/ellyse-perry-meme-sparks-sexist-abuse-20140131-31q1t.html

Cricket Australia calls Ellyse Perry "arguably the best female athlete in Australia" and not without merit. She has played for Australia at international level in both soccer and cricket and recently batted the Aussies to victory in the One Day International against England in Hobart with 90 not out from 95 balls.

Some would say that deserves serious respect. Not the cricket fans on the Facebook page 'Cricket memes', apparently, who responded to the news with a plethora of comments on January 29 applauding her ‘hotness’ and being ‘extremely bangable’ with not so subtle references to men’s bats and balls and what they would like her to do with them.

Among this abuse are comments referring to why she is out of the kitchen and questions of where to find her naked on the net. Welcome to the world of mad men, literally.

OK, sure, focusing on her looks to the exclusion of her talents, and making degrading comments, is not cool. I'm completely on board with that.

But how far do we go; I mean -- she is attractive. Has the mere observation of such become sexism? Can't people appreciate both her talent and her beauty?

Is Beckham popular with non-soccer fans primarily because of his soccer skills or because of his looks? Is there a double standard?

Taking a cue from some of the other posters here:

"Discuss." :D

It is a bit silly, they are taking opinion from a Facebook page titled 'cricket MEMES', so they are meant as jokes.
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Maybe they forgot to add 'no offense' at the end.


Mind you  :::grouch::  :::grouch::  :::grouch::  Cricket fans are amongst the most derelict, playing a game from England How uncouth  :<:i}:

@ben
yes and she is one of the reasons (many many reasons in Australian sport) why I say ALL ball sports should be played by women....
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Much more enjoyable to watch