Responding to a letter by Kathy Dalwood, Jennifer Gale says women have heard of Stuart Broad and Tracy Zussman commends sporting analogies. Plus a letter from Colin Prower Kathy Dalwood complains of articles “that make use of male sporting analogies” (Letters, 18 January). I think most female Guardian readers, unlike her, will have heard of Stuart Broad – we tend to be well informed in general, not just about other women. I have been attending men’s cricket matches for at least 40 years; apart from in the rowdy “party” stands, there are usually almost as many women as men in the crowd.Jennifer GaleBideford, Devon• I am a female Guardian reader who knows who Stuart Broad is and understood the analogy of someone choosing not to walk. Some of us quite like analogies, sporting or otherwise, and don’t consider them to be akin to “blokey, pub-style chat”. I hope this example hasn’t pushed any readers over the edge – or should that be the outside edge? Tracy ZussmanHove, East Sussex Continue reading...