# Seriously, Tiger - a tampon? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** golf\ **Created:** [February 18, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999 "2023-02-18T17:56:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/1 "2023-02-18T17:56:17Z")
So, at the golf tournament this week, after Tiger outdrove his opponent, [he handed him a tampon.](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/17/golf/tiger-woods-justin-thomas-tampon-spt-intl/index.html) I’ve never made any effort to hide my dislike for the guy, but seriously? This asshole makes a practice of carrying tampons around with him on the course so he can pul one out and be hysterically funny when he outdrives an opponent? Or maybe he’s looking for a new endorsement deal. 🙄 On his way to shooting a 74 and making the cut on the number. Boy I wish the press would stop giving this jerk so much attention and that he’d just go away. How much of an asshole does someone who is post-pubescent have to be to think a tampon joke in public is in anyway appropriate? ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/2 "2023-02-18T18:02:20Z")
What is the joke supposed to be anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/3 "2023-02-18T18:06:15Z")
It was likely accompanied by a “maybe next time you should start from the ladies’ tees”. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/4 "2023-02-18T18:13:05Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > How much of an asshole does someone who is post-pubescent have to be to think a tampon joke in public is in anyway appropriate? What did you expect? The guy’s a douche. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/5 "2023-02-18T19:00:08Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > What is the joke supposed to be anyway? Probably that it implies that the opponent is female; and therefore supposed to be insulted, because of course women are Lesser than Men and any man should be insulted to be referred to as female. It isn’t funny; and it’s nastily misogynistic. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/6 "2023-02-18T19:46:26Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > What is the joke supposed to be anyway? “you are as a girl, for I have hit the ball further than you, thus demonstrating my greater degree of manliness.” I can’t even imagine one of my friends doing this on a Saturday golf outing: FRIEND 1: (Drives ball) FRIEND 2: (Drives ball not quite as far) FRIEND 1: (Hands over tampon) Huh huh, you hit like a girl! _An uncomfortable silence follows for a beat._ FRIEND 2: What the fuck? FRIEND 3: Ummm… hey man… uh, that was weird FRIEND 4: Did… did you carry that tampon in your pocket, planning to do that? FRIEND 2: Where did you GET this? FRIEND 1: It was just a joke! Get it? You’re, like, a girl! FRIEND 3: Mike, you’ve been divorced for like ten years. Did you stop at a drug store just to buy tampons to make that joke? FRIEND 4: Whoa dude, you’re an asshole. FRIEND 2: You’re actually not a very good golfer, man. FRIEND 1: You’re just snowflakes! Waahhhhhh! (Runs away crying) ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/7 "2023-02-18T20:01:15Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I can’t even imagine one of my friends doing this on a Saturday golf outing: Yeah - I’ve played w/ plenty of “unenlightened” golfers. Not exactly in short supply on most golf courses. But I couldn’t imagine this happening on a local muni or at a private club. This moron stocks up on tampons, to pull one our at a prestigious tourney, with the cameras rolling. He is the father of 2 kids, and the PGA is supposedly all concerned with “image.” What a jerk! ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/8 "2023-02-18T20:10:45Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Probably that it implies that the opponent is female; and therefore supposed to be insulted, because of course women are Lesser than Men and any man should be insulted to be referred to as female. > > It isn’t funny; and it’s nastily misogynistic. Tampons used like that are an especially nasty type of misogyny because it is not just “you’re a girl, and they are weak”, it’s also “you’re are girl and they are all bleedy and gross”. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/9 "2023-02-18T21:18:09Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > This moron stocks up on tampons, to pull one our at a prestigious tourney, with the cameras rolling. He is the father of 2 kids, and the PGA is supposedly all concerned with “image.” > > What a jerk I never had much of a beef with Tiger, and I never followed him or golf very closely. I knew he was very good at the game, and has had his share (and then some) of personal issues. However, I agree with your conclusion (and others here). That’s immature, offensive, misogynistic, and not funny. I cannot fathom being at his level of fame and fortune and be so utterly classless. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/10 "2023-02-19T00:18:04Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I cannot fathom being at his level of fame and fortune and be so utterly classless. Or CLUELESS. The guy was raised from the time he was a toddler to be a famous athlete. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/11 "2023-02-19T01:18:18Z")
Well, his dad was a bigamist, so maybe that’s where he learned how to respect women. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/12 "2023-02-19T01:56:43Z")
If male athletes had to deal with periods, they’d have negotiated for 10 days off every month in their CBAs. Just another clueless douche who thinks being a woman is a sign of weakness. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/13 "2023-02-19T21:25:06Z")
_Misogyny?_ I get the coldness, the snippiness, the self-destructive behavior, the political blank slate, but where did this misogyny come from? He had one somewhat messy divorce and that was it. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/14 "2023-02-20T00:23:10Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > He had one somewhat messy divorce and that was it. He also had multiple affairs prior to his divorce. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/15 "2023-02-20T00:58:03Z")
You don’t think handing some guy a tampon to say he is weak is displaying “dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women”? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/16 "2023-02-20T01:40:47Z")
I’m no expert, but I’d suggest the sex addiction, strip club frequenting, and serial infidelity were not great correlates for a high respect for women. I don’t know why it would surprise me that a pro golfer turns out to be an ignorant, immature lunkhead jerk. The guy’s a billionaire - but I guess money can’t buy class. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/17 "2023-02-20T02:56:06Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > You don’t think handing some guy a tampon to say he is weak is displaying “dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women”? I am not DKW and cannot speak for them etc., but my impression of their meaning, in the post you replied to, is that they’re wondering what it was in Woods’s background that produced his seemingly-out-of-left-field misogynistic mindset. Not asking why the action of a male athlete handing a tampon to an outperformed male competitor is being described as misogynistic. Unless I’m mistaken, we all get that part. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/18 "2023-02-20T03:00:05Z")
I remember years ago hearing stories about how he was socially stunted and juvenile. When I heard this story I shrugged, thinking it was merely more of the same from him. For example, I put the odds at around 0% that this is the first time he’s done this tampon joke. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/19 "2023-02-20T03:22:18Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > For example, I put the odds at around 0% that this is the first time he’s done this tampon joke. Yup. It’s a tired old long-running golf joke that probably takes place a couple times a week at the local municipal course. Golf has long been a mainstay of the gold ole boys’ network, and the fact that the course itself is designed to draw attention to the physical differences between women and men certainly doesn’t help. Tiger gets negative points for pulling a dumb prank on national television. He gets even more demerits for pulling a prank so stale and tired. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999/20 "2023-02-20T04:45:54Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I put the odds at around 0% that this is the first time he’s done this tampon joke. So you’re saying he’s done it periodically? (I’ll get me coat.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-tiger-a-tampon/979999.md?page=2)