If there is one area in which women are disadvantaged, it is sport, Football is a very good example among others…
Even if you don’t like football, there’s no escaping it – it’s a sport that’s gaining ground and dominating in France. The financial stakes are so high that
for some parents, there’s even the Mbappé project. RMC sport has taken up the subject to condemn the excesses ;
“ Amateur club instructors have sounded the alarm about the aggressive behaviour of
parents who want to turn their children into the future stars of world football, and the professional world has taken up the issue and reacted for RMC
Sport… Children should enjoy themselves,’ continues the central defender. They need to have fun on the pitch, that’s the most important thing. We mustn’t
get into their heads too much and make them believe that they will be the future Mbappés. We need to let them grow at their own pace and enjoy themselves. There’s a coach and he’s there to decide. It’s a shame and regrettable to have that kind of attitude as parents.”
A mother whose son played amateur football for a long time told us: ‘On the pitch, it’s war. Some people will do anything to deliberately and seriously injure their team-mates in order to get a better position’. These abuses and violence are not confined to parents and young people, and the players themselves do not do each other any favours. What can we say about the shocking testimony of French footballer Kheira Hamraoui, a former player with FC Barcelona and Lyon, with whom she won the Champions League three times, who expresses her joy at working in a healthy environment in Mexico. Le 20 minutes reminds us that ‘in November 2021, on her way back from a team dinner, she was violently attacked in Chatou (Yvelines), beaten with an iron bar by hooded men. Her Parisian team-mate Aminata Diallo was subsequently remanded in custody and subsequently indicted in the case, which was set against the backdrop of a rivalry between players
Le 20 minutes reminds us that
« in November 2021, on her way back from a team dinner, she was violently attacked in Chatou (Yvelines), beaten with an iron bar by hooded men. Her Parisian team-mate Aminata Diallo was subsequently remanded in custody and subsequently indicted in the case, which was set against the backdrop of a rivalry between player»
When the situation is so critical: women footballers can earn up to ten times less than men, they should show more solidarity. See the article on 3 exceptional women for Women’s Day, including Leymah Gbowee who won the Nobel Peace Prize. À travers cet article, «les footballeuses sont -elles moins bien payées que les footballeurs ? ». In this article, ‘Are female footballers paid less than male
footballers?’ Cosmopolitain explains why
« top-level sportswomen have been subjected to sexist stereotypes since
the dawn of time…»
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