Equality for the WWE Divas

Equality for the WWE Divas

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24 February 2015
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Started by Shirleigh Kaur

Dear WWE,

I am writing as a female fan of WWE, and have been so for over a decade particularly of the WWE Divas. I look up to these women as role models, but I am finding your portrayal of them on RAW, Smackdown and pay per views to be insulting to what a 21st century woman is. You treat them like they're nothing more than a side show by giving them less than 5 minutes to compete. Meanwhile, you waste time on a 3 hour broadcast (RAW) recapping the 20min+ opening segment of the show like you think we're idiots and forgot what happened.

The fact you are a major company and you choose to give women such a minuscule role on your biggest weekly show is insulting. The fact that whenever things do not run according to time, you immediately look to the women to take time from to make up for it. Whether you like it or not, the WWE Divas have a big fanbase who have had enough of your misogynistic ways and want to see them ALL succeed. There's a lot of talk about sexism in the workplace, and even though we all have our favourite Divas (Bellas, Paige...and yes, even Naomi has fans who want to see her succeed but you don't seem to think that), we are all happy to come together to expose WWE for what it truly is- a sexist company who doesn't want any woman to be seen as a major attraction to their company. We'll be happy to make this mainstream knowledge (you know, like how you leak Hall of Fame announcements to try and make yourself look good on the back of public outrage towards you).

Vince McMahon said in an earnings call earlier this month that he doesn't pay attention to hashtags and social media ramblings since it doesn't impact his earnings. I think it's time to change that...

Sincerely,
Every WWE Diva fan across the world who's had enough of sexist pigs holding the women of WWE back.

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