It was nice to hear from a woman in the sports journalism world, since there really are not as many. She spoke about how others have told her that they feel she was treated differently by Gundy because she is a woman, and I have to agree. I just don't see Gundy attacking a man the way he went after Carlson, and I definitely don't see him bringing up the fact that she does not have children had Carlson been a man.
I think this discrimination is definitely something that many women in sports journalism have to face. I know it has gotten better, but any time a women says something controversial in sports, I think one of the first defenses men come up with is “she doesn’t know anything because she’s just a girl.” While my writing has never been critiqued in that way, I have encountered that sort of argument in conversation. I think it was probably a good thing that she did not think Mike Gundy’s attack on her would have been any different if she were a man, even though many people did view it that way.
The other thing I took from our talk with Carlson was that she is pretty lucky she was not the beat reporter. She is lucky that she does not have to deal with Gundy and can get her quotes and information from another source for her columns. It would have been interesting if she did need to keep a relationship with him.
I think it would have been alluring to hear about how you mend a relationship after such a big blowup. She did talk about what she thought she would do, in having a conversation about the column and what they can do to get past it, and I’m sure that is what would happen. I’m just interested in hearing about an acutal situation because I am sure that it would be fairly difficult and uncomfortable. I think at some point in our careers, we all will make someone mad and it will be important to us all to figure out the best way to deal with the situation and how to move forward with that person.
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