Will it be #Eng women who bring football home at the #WEURO2022 finals this weekend? I don’t know. But I can guess that when they play, incidents of domestic abuse will not increase as they do when England’s men team play. feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-f… #Lionessess
“If England gets beaten, so will she.”
Researchers from UK’s Lancaster University who analysed domestic violence figures from England’s men’s games in 2002, 2006 & 2010 World Cup found that incidents of domestic abuse were 11 percent higher the day after an England men’s match.
Researchers from UK’s Lancaster University who analysed domestic violence figures from England’s men’s games in 2002, 2006 & 2010 World Cup found that incidents of domestic abuse were 11 percent higher the day after an England men’s match.
More alarmingly: incidents of domestic abuse rose by 38 percent when the England men’s team lost and increased by 26 percent where England men won or drew, compared with days when there was no England match. feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-f…
There are no reports of abuse going home after the matches; no campaigns that warned that “If England is beaten, so is he.”
It is time for men to learn from women how to play football.
#Lionessess #WEURO2022 #Eng
It is time for men to learn from women how to play football.
#Lionessess #WEURO2022 #Eng
If queer is the opposite of heteronormativity, the queerest--and joyously so--sporting environment I’ve witnessed were the Women’s World Cup matches in Montreal in 2015.
The men’s game has a lot to learn from the women’s.
#Lionessess #WEURO2022 #Eng
The men’s game has a lot to learn from the women’s.
#Lionessess #WEURO2022 #Eng
On/off the pitch, from managers to players to men who support them: patriarchy fuels a dangerous cocktail of toxic masculinity in men's football as well as many other men’s sports.
Football tournaments didn't invent patriarchy. Latter drives men’s game & the harm it takes home
Football tournaments didn't invent patriarchy. Latter drives men’s game & the harm it takes home
The violence that goes home with the men’s game is a wholly-owned subsidiary of patriarchy. You would be naive to think that such violence is limited to targeting women and children. feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-f…
It is what fuels boos when players take a knee & the racist abuse yelled at Black and players of colour; it is what fuels homophobic chants that are brushed off as “jokes.”
While women’s game has long history of openly gay & bi players, where are out player in men’s top leagues
While women’s game has long history of openly gay & bi players, where are out player in men’s top leagues
I wrote the above essay to coincide with the men's Euro and Copa America finals last year.
The women's Euro and Copa America finals are this weekend and it is important to point out the stark discrepancy in domestic abuse associated with the men's and the women's games.
The women's Euro and Copa America finals are this weekend and it is important to point out the stark discrepancy in domestic abuse associated with the men's and the women's games.
I love football. I grew up watching it with my dad and brother.
I loathe the toxic masculinity that fuels the men's game. I love the women's game for showing how it can be otherwise. It is time for men to learn from women how to play football.
feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-f…
I loathe the toxic masculinity that fuels the men's game. I love the women's game for showing how it can be otherwise. It is time for men to learn from women how to play football.
feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-f…
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