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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Not bowled over by male sports chat - The Untold Story

Stuart Broad, in crcket whites, arm pointing
‘I have absolutely no idea who Stuart Broad is and I guarantee the majority of women reading your editorial wouldn’t either.’ Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

I’m fed up with reading Guardian articles that make use of male sporting analogies. I have absolutely no idea who Stuart Broad is and I guarantee the majority of women reading your editorial (16 January) wouldn’t either. Therefore your analogy is incomprehensible. Guys, just stop this blokey, pub-style chat and wake up to your female readership, for pity’s sake! It’s well past time.
Kathy Dalwood
London

• It’s not only north and south that are relative concepts (Letters, 15 January) – so is one’s country … at least on football terraces. As a proud lifelong supporter of Dover Athletic, I can note that away fans (especially from Maidstone United) have been known to chant “You’re French and you know you are”.
David Thomas
Witney, Oxfordshire

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