Poor Lindsay Davenport. Following the happy news of a second pregnancy, the sports media has gone into overdrive claiming that by 'pulling out' of the upcoming Australian Open, the American tennis star's career is ultimately over.
Considering Davenport and many other female athletes like Paula Radcliffe and Jana Rawlinson have taken their careers to new heights following pregnancy and motherhood, it seems unbelievable that such antiquated views of the 'ravages of motherhood' continue to inflect mainstream representations of female sporting heroes.
If anything, at the young age of 32, Davenport will be a proud mother of two and continue her legacy as an American tennis great.
Who says that pregnancy has to be career suicide?
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/12/18/tennis.davenport/
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