Are these guys nuts?
Serena Williams is a GD legend.
She’s won 23 Grand Slam championships. She’s a voice for equality in sports. She runs an amazing clothing line. She’s a fashion icon. Even after taking a year off, she’s still ranked among the best in the world.
She’s been a professional player since 1995. That’s 24 years!
Which is why the results of a recent poll are a bit…puzzling, to say the least.
According to a YouGov poll of 1732 adults in Great Britain, 12 percent of men thought they could score a point in a game of tennis against Serena Williams.
One in eight men (12%) say they could win a point in a game of tennis against 23 time grand slam winner Serena Williams https://t.co/q0eNBjn7Vu pic.twitter.com/3InBOWdYwh
— YouGov (@YouGov) July 12, 2019
Either Great Britain has more professional tennis plays among its male population than I realized, or men seriously overestimate their abilities.
I think it’s the latter.
Naturally, Twitter had a field day with the results of this poll. This man, at least, seems to have an accurate assessment of how a match with Williams would actually go:
Confident in my ability to properly tennis, I take the court. I smile at my opponent. Serena does not return the gesture. She'd be prettier if she did, I think. She serves. The ball passes cleanly through my skull, killing me instantly https://t.co/Tqptbh0vOp
— Jason (@longwall26) July 12, 2019
Here’s another accurate explanation of the results:
Unless only eight men were surveyed and one of them was Nadel, these men are what’s known in tennis terms as “fucking deluded”
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 12, 2019
This one also sums things up nicely, plus it it doesn’t forget the many men who chimed in on this thread to “defend” their ability to actually score a point against Williams:
Awww, male fragility and self-delusion all rolled into one…
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— WG Saraband
(@wgsaraband) July 12, 2019
A few people chimed in with how this is a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect, a type of cognitive bias.
Ever notice how some people seem to overestimate their intelligence and abilities without any awareness that they’re doing this? That’s the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Classic Dunning-Kruger effect mixed with sexism. Not even 1M people (Men and Women) play tennis twice a month in the UK. https://t.co/hvmV4wFULg and with 66M people in the UK, that means 1.5% of the entire UK can even serve the ball in play… at best. https://t.co/RqFI7UQP6U
— Alexis Ohanian Sr.
(@alexisohanian) July 13, 2019
Seriously, if you think you could score a point against Williams, maybe take a step back and assess your tennis skills.
Sigh.
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