Below: On January 6, 2016, Fairfax Media telecast an interview with Mel McLaughlin in which she indicated her attitude to the interview with Gayle and his subsequent apology.
Below: On January 4 Chris Gayle apologised for his remarks to Mel McLaughlin which he characterised as 'a joke'. The clip also includes McLaughlin's response and excerpts from the original interview.
Below: On January 6 Piers Morgan was challenged on the Good Morning Britain television program for his support of Chris Gayle's comments to Mel McLaughlin.
Below: On January 6, 2016, The Female Sex telecast a series of comments suggesting that objections to Chris Gayle's conduct with Mel McLaughlin were primarily racist.
Below: On January 5, 2016, No Holds Barred presented a compendium of comments and video clips claiming that the Australian media's criticism of Chris Gayle was biased and hypocritical. (Be aware that this video ends with a crude animated gesture.)
Web links, documents
On January 24, 2016, The Footy Almanac published a comment by Michael Viljoen titled 'Chris Gayle: Hitting across the line, or colouring only between them?' in which he suggests that Chris Gayle has been overly condemned for conduct the Big Bash League actually encourages.
The full text of this article can be seen at http://www.footyalmanac.com.au/chris-gayle-hitting-across-the-line-or-colouring-only-between-them/
On January 11, 2016, the Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner published a letter from the editor written by Gordon Graham and titled 'Chris Gayle Doesn't Know Boundaries'.
Graham argues that Gayle seems unaware of the behaviour required of an international cricketer.
The full letter can be accessed at http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/letters/20160111/chris-gayle-doesnt-know-boundaries
On January 10, 2016, The Jamaican Observer published a report by Jediael Carter titled 'Caribbean women journalists and those testy moments with men'
The report interviews a number of Jamaican female journalists for their views on what shapes the nature of male-female relations in their society.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Caribbean-women-journalists-and-those-testy-moments-with-men_48235
On January 10, 2016, Nirmukta published an opinion piece by Yogi Ashwiki titled 'Chris Gayle, workplace sexism and power structures'. The comment gives a careful consideration of a variety of reasons for condemning Chris Gayle's behaviour.
The full text can be found at http://nirmukta.com/2016/01/10/chris-gayle-workplace-sexism-and-power-structures/
On January 8, 2016, the Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner published an opinion piece by Chelan Smith titled 'White Beauty and the Black Beast'.
Smith argues that part of the motivation behind criticism of Chris Gayle's conduct is based on racism.
The full text of this comment can be accessed at http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20160108/white-beauty-and-black-beast
On January 7, 2016, the ABC"s current affairs opinion site, The Drum, published a comment by Dale Hughes titled 'Chris Gayle and our addiction to public shaming'.
While not condoning Gayle's behaviour, Hughes argues that the media reaction to it has been excessive and unnecessarily punitive.
The full text of this comment can be done at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-07/hughes-chris-gayle-and-our-addiction-to-public-shaming/7072898
On January 7, 2016, Bettina Arndt published a comment on her blog titled 'Flirting with confected outrage fails to impress women'
Arndt argues that Gayle's behaviour was harmless flirtation and that the reaction to it has been excessive.
The full text of this comment can be accessed at http://www.bettinaarndt.com.au/news/flirting-with-confected-outrage-fails-to-impress-women/
On January 7, 2016, the Irish newspaper The Journal published a comment by Lorraine Courtney titled 'Was Chris Gayle being sexist or was it a bit of fun?'
The comment places the Chris Gayle incident in the context of sexual harassment in the workplace.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/chris-gayle-sexual-harassment-2535021-Jan2016/
On January 7, 2016, The New Daily published an opinion piece by Tom Heenan, a lecturer in sports studies at Monash University. The comment is titled 'Chris Gayle is a jerk and should be sacked'.
Heeley criticises Gayle's conduct past and present and argues that there is no place in contemporary cricket for someone who behaves as Gayle has.
The full text can be accessed at http://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/2016/01/06/chris-gayle-jerk-sacked/
On January 6, 2016, The Roar published an opinion piece by sports commentator Debbie Spillane titled, 'Shooting the Gayle-farce breeze' in which she complained about the industry wide tolerance of poor treatment of women.
The full article can be accessed at http://www.theroar.com.au/2016/01/06/shooting-the-gayle-farce-breeze/
On January 5, 2015, The Conversation published an opinion piece by David Rowe, Professor of Cultural Research at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University.
The piece was titled 'The game is changing, baby: Chris Gayle and sexism in cricket'.
Professor Rowe argues that although shifts in attitude are slow there has been a gradual acceptance of women within sport in both Australia and overseas.
The full text of this comment can be accessed at https://theconversation.com/the-game-is-changing-baby-chris-gayle-and-sexism-in-cricket-52748
On January 5, 2016, the ABC's current affairs opinion Internet site, The Drum, published a comment by James Maasdorp titled '"That's just Chris Gayle for you" doesn't cut it'
The opinion piece gives a range of reasons why Chris Gayle's behaviour was inappropriate.
The full text of the comment can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-05/maasdorp-that's-just-chris-gayle-for-you-doesn't-cut-it/7067904
On January 5, 2016, the ABC ran an Internet News report titled 'Chris Gayle was a bad influence on younger team-mates, says Chris Rogers'.
The report gives the view of a former teammate on the adverse effects Gayle's behaviour could have on other players. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-05/chris-gayle-chris-rogers-bad-influence/7069092
On January 5, 2016, The New Daily published a report by Anthony Colangelo titled 'Chris Gayle's playboy past comes back to haunt him'. The report features claims by a number of female sports reports that Gayle had behaved toward them in the manner he did to McLaughlin.
The full text can be accessed at http://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/2016/01/05/chris-gayle-interview-sexism-melmclaughlin/
