Time was when if you said 바카라batter바카라 you were seen as rustic. The people who knew English and cricket said 바카라batsman바카라.
In certain cultures such as Australia, 바카라batter바카라 would be used informally. But even there it was not considered proper. Lisa Sthalekar, the Pune-born Australian cricketer, once used 바카라batter바카라 on air. She was promptly told by a colleague, 바카라batter is for fish바카라.
The rules have changed now.
Today if you say 바카라batsman바카라 you are seen as sexist and out of tune with the times. Sexism subconsciously begins with basics like language. In a game that is played by men and women, why should a person batting be assumed male?
Therefore, in 2021, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) replaced 바카라batsman바카라 from their 바카라Laws of Cricket바카라 with 바카라batters바카라. It sounded slangy and evoked baseball. But it was gender equal and rooted in logic.
And therefore it found support among athletes.
바카라You바카라ve got to adapt to the times and the changes around us,바카라 says Indian badminton player Ashwini Ponappa. 바카라The term 바카라batter바카라 does represent a batter and not a gender specific one, which is the aim here.바카라
Sthalekar said, 바카라It바카라s about young girls out there feeling that we바카라re talking to them or talking about something they can do. 바카라Batsman바카라 may mean they switch off, they go 바카라well they바카라re not talking about us바카라.바카라
Besides, 바카라bowler바카라, 바카라fielder바카라, 바카라wicketkeeper바카라, 바카라non-striker바카라 were all gender neutral terms. Only a few like 바카라batsman바카라, 바카라nightwatchman바카라 and 바카라twelfth man바카라 stood out, sounding stuffy and archaic and not inclusive at all.
Geoff Allardice, ICC CEO, said, 바카라I don바카라t want any girl in the world to not feel like cricket isn바카라t for her because we바카라re using language that isn바카라t relatable to her. We shouldn바카라t underestimate the power of words."
Prior to that, 바카라Man of the Match바카라 was another term that was abolished by cricketing establishments. In its place came 바카라Player of the Match바카라.
Ashwini, a twice Commonwealth Games gold medallist, feels strongly about women바카라s issues, at the same time does not see a devil where there is none. The Red Bull endorsed player says she is happy with the way things are in her own sport, badminton.
바카라In badminton there바카라s equal pay for both men and women. And equal importance given to the men바카라s and women바카라s events,바카라 she says. The terminology too is neutral. Players are just players and not racquetman or racquetwoman.
Even if the glossary of a sport might not be discriminatory in its own right, the way a simple word is used can also be sexist. Some commentators and players, for example, have an issue with the use of the word 바카라girls바카라 for teams of grown-up women. It바카라s seen as casual sexism, a sign of a subconscious tendency of taking women바카라s sports and women athletes lightly.
In 2021, Janet Fink, a women바카라s sports marketing expert and Associate Dean of University of Massachusetts, said on CNN that it was hard to understand how in 2021 바카라you could call someone who바카라s a world-renowned athlete a girl.바카라
바카라I mean, if you just flipped it, and you thought about a commentator talking about (a male athlete as a) boy바카라it바카라s comical,바카라 Fink said. She felt such language has an impact on how people perceive women athletes.
The football term 바카라man on바카라, used to warn a teammate that an opposition player is upon him, and the term 바카라sportsmanship바카라, are some other expressions that those seeking gender equality would like to see modified.
Former cricketer Snehal Pradhan, now a columnist and a commentator, has often spoken about gender issues in cricket. She too was given the 바카라batter is for fish바카라 line. But she persisted. However, there was a phase when 바카라batter바카라 was embraced for women바카라s matches, but not yet in men바카라s. A term meant to be gender neutral was having the opposite effect, as it came to be identified with women바카라s cricket. Pradhan pointed this out in one of her essays.
Finally, when men바카라s cricket started using 바카라batter바카라, she was glad. But more needs to be done, Pradhan says.
바카라We have, pun intended, bigger fish to fry. Changing the terminology of cricket without a change in its ground realities is cosmetic,바카라 Pradhan wrote in Hindustan Times.
Dr Savita Aggarwal, Associate Professor at Institute of Home Economics, Delhi University, who has spent over three decades teaching Gender and Communication, expressed a similar view to Republic World.
바카라The ICC바카라s announcement of replacing the word 바카라batsman바카라 with 바카라batter바카라 for official usage is a welcome step,바카라 Dr Aggarwal said. 바카라However, using gender-neutral words is not a magic wand, the attitude of the people towards women has to change, acceptance and acknowledgement of women in significant roles, in powerful positions, has to be achieved to move closer towards eradicating gender inequality.바카라
