Sexism in European Football
Sexism in European Football
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Sexism in European football as a matter of fact exists and has negative effects on the society, especially women society. Starting off with the most recent act of sexism in European football, it would be worth pointing out the issues that female football players are facing for the FIFA World Cup 2015. For the Women’s World Cup, the FIFA installs turfs, instead of natural grass, as the ground surface for the game. If the word ‘Women’s’ was replaced by’ Men’s World Cup’, it wouldn’t even be an option for the FIFA to think about installing artificial turfs, as a ground surface to play the most international, widely watched game: football. This has never been the case for any of the men world cups, will never be, and can’t be named as anything but pure sexism. As agreed upon by the representative of the players, Hampton Dellinger, the fact that the FIFA is not providing women football players with natural grass, just as it is provided for men, is considered ‘illegal sex discrimination’. Requesting for natural grass as the ground surface for Womens’ Football games does not come out only because of anger against discrimination, but has also other reasons behind this need for it. Reasoning the demand for natural grass as the surface, Dellinger states that playing on artificial turfs is not only an indication of low quality games, but could also be dangerous, and is not as efficient as playing on natural grass that calls for more flexibility (para 1o http://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/players-officially-file-lawsuit-against-fifa-csa-over-artificial-turf-world-cup ). Playing a safe, enjoyable game is all that is asked for, and if that could be provide for men, it could be as well for women.
NBC Sports
Hampton Dellinger, an attorney representing the players, released the following statement on Wednesday afternoon:
"Two months ago, attorneys for a coalition of leading players informed officials from the Canadian Soccer Association
Body paragraph:
Sexism in European football as a matter of fact exists and has negative effects on the society, especially women society. Starting off with the most recent act of sexism in European football, it would be worth pointing out the issues that female football players are facing for the FIFA World Cup 2015. For the Women’s World Cup, the FIFA installs turfs, instead of natural grass, as the ground surface for the game. If the word ‘Women’s’ was replaced by’ Men’s World Cup’, it wouldn’t even be an option for the FIFA to think about installing artificial turfs, as a ground surface to play the most international, widely watched game: football. This has never been the case for any of the men world cups, will never be, and can’t be named as anything but pure sexism. As agreed upon by the representative of the players, Hampton Dellinger, the fact that the FIFA is not providing women football players with natural grass, just as it is provided for men, is considered ‘illegal sex discrimination’. Requesting for natural grass as the ground surface for Womens’ Football games does not come out only because of anger against discrimination, but has also other reasons behind this need for it. Reasoning the demand for natural grass as the surface, Dellinger states that playing on artificial turfs is not only an indication of low quality games, but could also be dangerous, and is not as efficient as playing on natural grass that calls for more flexibility (para 1o http://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/players-officially-file-lawsuit-against-fifa-csa-over-artificial-turf-world-cup ). Playing a safe, enjoyable game is all that is asked for, and if that could be provide for men, it could be as well for women.
NBC Sports
Hampton Dellinger, an attorney representing the players, released the following statement on Wednesday afternoon:
"Two months ago, attorneys for a coalition of leading players informed officials from the Canadian Soccer Association