{"id":29698,"date":"2015-07-08T23:57:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T03:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=29698"},"modified":"2015-07-09T17:15:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T21:15:38","slug":"soccer-ticker-tape-and-sexism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/soccer-ticker-tape-and-sexism\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer, Ticker Tape and Sexism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pleased that<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/07\/08\/nyregion\/new-york-city-ticker-tape-parade-for-us-womens-soccer-team.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\"> the women&#8217;s U.S. soccer team will get a Manhattan ticker-tape parade <del datetime=\"2015-07-09T21:14:13+00:00\">next week<\/del><\/a> Friday in celebration of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/07\/06\/sports\/soccer\/womens-world-cup-usa-defeats-japan-to-win-title.html\" target=\"_blank\">its World Cup win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:445px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:64.983165% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/479802882?et=ay7cypewR6FVXF6SpETeZg&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=ZaJZVtEwqf3J4bvuRrKjHxrveojBBKLg-O_XWk_sTc4=\" width=\"445\" height=\"289\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0 0 0 10px;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/479802882\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">View image<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, if I were on the team, I might be thinking, &#8220;Fuck the ticker tape &#8230; where&#8217;s my money?&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/article\/womens-national-soccer-team-pay-less-than-men\" target=\"_blank\">As has been widely reported<\/a>, female soccer players make much less than their male counterparts. For instance, soccer&#8217;s governing body, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-32897066\" target=\"_blank\">delightfully corrupt FIFA<\/a>, pays the winning women&#8217;s team <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/07\/07\/womens-soccer-pay-gap_n_7745892.html\" target=\"_blank\">a $2 million prize, compared with the $8 million it pays men&#8217;s teams that lose in the first round<\/a>. And that&#8217;s despite the fact that this women&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-33422820\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup final was the most-watched soccer game in the U.S., ever<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/2015\/7\/6\/8900299\/more-americans-watched-the-womens-world-cup-final-than-the-nba-finals\" target=\"_blank\">grabbing a substantially bigger American audience than this year&#8217;s basketball and hockey finals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:445px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:69.865320% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/479843786?et=q5XQo4qMRzRZjRJ9D4d0pQ&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=ySyadAdkhDSkjL0dElciWpnx0xteBrsybG4Pt2mlvrQ=\" width=\"445\" height=\"311\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0 0 0 10px;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/479843786\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">View image<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>(By the way, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2014\/09\/no-hope-solo-is-not-like-ray-rice\/380626\/\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;m not sure<\/a> how I feel about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/06\/13\/sports\/us-soccer-defends-actions-in-hope-solo-case.html\" target=\"_blank\">troubled goalie<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/espn\/otl\/story\/_\/id\/12976615\/detailed-look-hope-solo-domestic-violence-case-includes-reports-being-belligerent-jail\" target=\"_blank\">Hope Solo having played at all<\/a>; can&#8217;t all the U.S. sports leagues come up with consistent standards for off-court\/field behavior? Is it that hard to say across the board, &#8220;We will suspend or fire your ass if you do drugs, beat your significant other, assault your relatives or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/story\/0ap3000000500692\/article\/giants-de-pierrepaul-has-right-finger-amputated\" target=\"_blank\">blow yourself up<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/2015\/07\/08\/report-c-j-wilson-lost-two-fingers-in-fireworks-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\">fireworks<\/a>?&#8221; Yeah, that last one might not be against the law but it&#8217;s criminally idiotic.)<\/p>\n<p>While the U.S. women are being screwed financially, they&#8217;re still winners &#8230; and, as a bonus, haven&#8217;t been subject to the likes of the official &#8220;supportive&#8221; tweet that England&#8217;s women got from the English Football Association.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shitheads.jpg\" alt=\"shitheads\" width=\"498\" height=\"304\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shitheads.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/shitheads-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>After everyone&#8217;s heads exploded over this sexist shit, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/07\/06\/england-football-association-sexist-tweet\/\" target=\"_blank\">the association deleted it<\/a>. Later, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/blogs-trending-33411415\" target=\"_blank\">according to the BBC<\/a>, the FA tried to defend itself by &#8220;saying the tweet linked to an online article on the FA&#8217;s website about the players being reunited with their families. The line about &#8216;mothers, partners and daughters&#8217; originally appeared in that story as well, but was later edited out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The BBC quoted an FA spokesman as saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The full story was a wider homecoming feature attempting to reflect the many personal stories within the playing squad as has been told throughout the course of the tournament &#8230; However, we understand that an element of the story appears to have been taken out of context and the opening paragraph was subsequently revised to reflect that fact.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As you can see for yourself, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefa.com\/news\/england\/womens\/2015\/jul\/england-women-world-cup-return\" target=\"_blank\">that story by James Callow, as it reads now<\/a>, makes no mention of the players coming home to assume traditional lady roles. The only quote referencing family is from defender Laura Bassett:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Everybody is looking forward to going back home and just reflecting on what we have done \u2013 speaking about it with friends and family and enjoying some home comforts.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bassett went on to say how excited she was to be an inspiration.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The fact that people are going out and getting our names on the back of their shirts and wanting to score goals like [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&#038;rct=j&#038;q=&#038;esrc=s&#038;source=web&#038;cd=1&#038;cad=rja&#038;uact=8&#038;ved=0CB8QFjAAahUKEwjv1IuznM3GAhUBOD4KHRNGAFE&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLucy_Bronze&#038;ei=5fmdVa_OMYHw-AGTjIGIBQ&#038;usg=AFQjCNE2_HKQEY1kPv10tS1fFFSwiXDIIg&#038;sig2=da9RtUyegbiJedIt9Yg7TA&#038;bvm=bv.96952980,d.cWw\" target=\"_blank\">right-back<\/a>] Lucy Bronze is just brilliant.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And her teammate Bronze said, &#8220;&#8221;If in 10 years\u2019 time I can say that I made a difference and that some little girl has become the best player in the world then that\u2019s fine by me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From this, someone said, &#8220;Aha! It&#8217;s all about being a mommy!&#8221; (It&#8217;s making me literally LOL that the last name of the bylined writer means &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/callow\" target=\"_blank\">immature or inexperienced<\/a>.&#8221;) True, it&#8217;s not blowing-off-your-hand-with-fireworks stupid, but it&#8217;s pretty fucking stupid!<\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pleased that the women&#8217;s U.S. soccer team will get a Manhattan ticker-tape parade next week Friday in celebration of its World Cup win. 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