“Body Shaming is only homologation and appearance”. During the career, the two blue admit they hear about all the colors. Offenses, sexist comments and denigrating messages, a malpractice that finds free rein also around the rectangle of play
“We grew up with the idea that it is necessary to be perfect: the truth is that each of us must feel good for how it is and how it likes. The beauty is precisely this: diversity”. These are the main messages underlying the dialogue between Elena Linari and Laura Giuliani, protagonists fourth episode of ‘The future is a woman’, the webseries of the FIGC Online on supportbilia.it which addresses different topics related to women’s empowerment to bring down prejudices, cultural barriers and contribute to a growth of awareness of the entire society. The chat between the two footballers had the theme of body shaming at the base.
Body Shaming
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“Some people tend to detach themselves from what they consider far from them – declares Milan’s number 1 – but it is very dangerous to think based on stereotypes because uniformity does not hesitate”. A warning also shared by ‘Linus’, tired of hearing that if a girl makes dance is more ‘female’ than who plays football: “I am a woman who practices a sport, point – underlines the defender of Rome in a peremptory way – we grew up with the idea that it is necessary to be thin and perfect: the truth is that each of us must be well for and how it likes”.
“Each of us is unique”
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“Why are masculinity and femininity split and not united? – Linari wonders – I believe they are within each of us, while many stop apparently without really wanting to know what is inside a person. I believe it is natural to have a judgment, but from thought in your head to make it a word, speech or insult we pass a lot”. “Football is a team game – adds Giuliani – To its whole we find many different characteristics and the body follows these diversity. It can change according to the inputs that are given to it, and the input is also our way of seeing ourselves within that specific discipline. It is our work tool and, more generally, is something that protects us from the external world. It represents our way of being, because each of us is unique”.
The next appointments of ‘The future is a woman’
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The next two episodes of the webseries will be published – every Thursday – on the Supparebilia.it platform, created to collect in a single container all the initiatives of the social and environmental sustainability strategy of the Federation and to promote the fundamental values conveyed through the 11 UEFA sustainability policies, such as the number 3 dedicated to equality and inclusion.
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