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mikesiva wrote:I don't support Gayle's comments. It's time he grew up, and kept interviews limited solely to cricket. If Usain Bolt can do it in his interviews, then so can Gayle.

However, I find the over-reaction quite hypocritical. One of my in-laws is an Aussie, and she said that her country is a very misogynistic place, as can be seen from the terrible way they behaved towards their former prime minister, Julia Gillard.

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These are the issues that Aussies should be expressing outrage about...not just Gayle's comments.

I was also surprised to find how much of a glass ceiling exists for women when I moved to Britain. Women have a better chance of promotion in places like Jamaica and St Lucia, than in Britain, and it seems, in Australia. So, it seems that a lot of the Aussie media sounds against Gayle hypocritically ignore their own prejudice against women in the workplace.

I was also surprised to find that, in England, women's sports are viewed with such contempt. While in Jamaica, we laud the success of athletes such as Merlene Ottey, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Shelly-Ann Fraser and the netball team, in England women's sports are largely ignored. Their netball team gets next to no coverage, and while we Caribbean people follow the success of Serena Williams, so many Brits put down women's tennis. It's an outlet for their misogyny....

I hope Gayle learns from this. In future, be careful what you say when a mike is put in front of you. What you say in the Caribbean and India might not be acceptable in the country of the white people. Be careful when you're in places like England and Australia...this is more about a black man asking a white woman out on live TV, and in countries with Australia's history, that tends to provoke the reaction he received. If Gayle had kissed her, like Tim Cahill did here, all hell would've broken loose!

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But most importantly, treat women with respect. It's immature and childish to be practically asking a woman out on TV while she's interviewing you. This is not the first time Gayle has made ill-advised comments to a female reporter:

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The fact that nothing came out of that CPL incident shows that the problem is more of a Caribbean one than a Chris Gayle one....