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Instead of removing it, let’s celebrate the W in sport – Sydney Morning Herald

Meg Lanning’s push to remove the W is understandable. But it would be sad if the only way to gender equality was to suppress rather than celebrate difference.

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You can understand where Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning is coming from when she suggests that womens sports teams and competitions drop the W from their names and that womens sport becomes simply sport.
Its the place where womens sport dwelled for a long time, one out and one back from mens. Its a better place than the time when womens sport wasnt even in the frame. Its become a better place in Lannings lifetime. Its better than the surprisingly recent time when golf clubs did not recognise…

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