le salaries. Underpinning this injustice are the hegemonic beliefs, which not only encompass our society, but also the likes of professional tennis, which is currently experiencing similar gender discrimination.
             It seems unthinkable that gender discrimination would publicly occur, however every year Wimbledon serves up a slam in the face to its female competitors for all to see, yet we accept this as the norm. Wimbledon is the only major grand slam tournament which allocated noticeably uneven amounts of prize money to its male and female champions. The French Open has only a 2.5% difference, and the Australian and US Open have no difference at all (Chittenden, M. 2004). The Wimbledon differential has always remained relatively constant, until 2002 when it reach an all time high of $56 000 (Chittenden, M. 2004). It seems that the problem isn't getting better as time goes on, it's getting worse. The most obvious and most likely reason is due to the composition of the Wimbledon Board of directors – solely comprised of mature aged males who are rigid in their hegemon
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