Is it anti-feminist to watch the World Cup?
This puts me in a quandary. Men's football is loved in Britain simply because the players are men, and men like watching other men play football, and what men like to do and like to watch is, de facto, culturally important. Even the fact the men's World Cup is not explicitly stated to be a men's competition erases women – I predict there will be little fuss made of the Women's World Cup in Canada next year. So do we women sideline ourselves by boycotting the games or do we take up space and holler along because it is fun and exciting?
WOW so much stupid it is actually even more stupid than 99% of the daily Feminist articles.So why not watch the men's tournament to psych ourselves up for our World Cup next year? If it starts to get infuriating, as it probably will for any woman with her consciousness half-raised, imagine the players are women. Don't compromise "ladette-style" by joining in with cries of "gawaan my saaaahn!" at your local, but practise calling out "get in there, girl!" – for the sheer subversive amusement if nothing else. Steer the conversation with football fans to ask whether they are considering going to the World Cup in Canada next year. In fact, wherever there is men's football, just keep talking about women's football until everyone around you sees this man-focused football for the weird anachronism that it is.
It was only last year that AIK youngsters beat the Swedish womens national team 3-0 with only 10 players for the whole game. The reason nobody watches womens football is because they aren't fast enough, strong enough or good enough to be compared with mens footy. No amount of BBC brain washing is going to distract from the fact that they have clowns for goalkeepers.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... men-sexism
