Thread by @monaeltahawy

Are you watching the epic football finals this weekend? Before today's #CopaAmericaFINAL and Sunday's #Euro2020Final, read my essay on domestic abuse and the men's game. tl:dr it's not the football, it's the patriarchy. #ENG #ITA #Brazil #Argentina

https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1413489112863023113

Patriarchy enables and protects the toxic masculinity that makes big tournaments and match days hell for too women and children. feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-f… #CopaAmerica #EURO2020

During the 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cup, incidents of domestic abuse vs women rose by 38% when #England team lost and increased by 26% where England won or drew, compared with days when there was no England match.
Hence campaign 👇🏽 "If #ENG gets beaten, so will she." #EURO2020

During the 2014 and 2018 World Cups, cases of intimate-partner violence against women rose by an average of 38% and 25% respectively when #Colombia played.

And by nearly 50% during the 2015 #CopaAmerica, compared to days when Colombia did not play. thenation.com/article/archiv…

On Friday, #Colombia beat #Peru to finish 3rd in #CopaAmerica2021.

#Brazil plays #Argentina for the title today. I wrote about gender-based violence & football in both countries:

feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-f…

"Clubs are organisations that can speak to the people a lot better than the government. They help create a culture, so when a...football club...accepts someone found guilty of violence against women, it says to the Brazilian people that it's acceptable,” Monica Sapucaia Machado

I attended 2015 Women's World Cup matches. There were no reports of abuse going home after the matches; no campaigns that warned “If England is beaten, so is he.”

It is time for men to learn from women how to play football.

feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-f… #EURO2020 #CopaAmericaFINAL

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