Association, and helped support many women that, just like her, were being diminished just because they weren’t men. On the other hand, there’s Bobby Rigs (Steve Carell), a compulsive gambler and a very good tennis player who was dying to get into the spotlight. He starts to persuade King to play a match with him, with the only intention of proving that “men were better players”. Despite being disgusted by Rigs’ chauvinistic position and after giving it a lot of thought, she agreed. Of course, Billie Jean King knew that she had to win that match because losing would mean that all her efforts of putting women at the same level of men would have been in vain, and, in certain way and even though not directly, it would seem that she was supporting men’s position towards women. After a lot of preparation, the day of the match finally arrived. Everyone was full of eagerness, specially the Women’s Tennis Association: all their faith was put into their best player. Both King and Rigs knew they were going to play with all they had, to fight for what they thought was right, defending their positions. Fast forward, she wins the match, beating Rigs and his chauvinistic thinking.

Billie Jean King was an example for women all around the world. By winning the so called “match of the century”, she proved women don’t deserve to be called the “weakest” sex, they can be as strong and as powerful as men. However, King did not only fight for women’s rights: she was also an active member and supporter of the LGBTQ+ community after coming out during the seventies, something she remembers as hard and heartbreaking since in those times, people weren’t as open minded as they are nowadays. Now, being a completely accepted gay activist and a pioneer in supporting minorities, she still continues to inspire younger generations to be more inclusive and accepting everyone by who they are because, at the end of the day, we all have to embrace differences, no matter what color, sex, shape or size they come in.