«QWhen you hire a player it’s like having a girlfriend. You think she’s the right one, you take her to dinner but then you understand along the way, when you put it in the house, that it’s not good, that it doesn’t cook, it doesn’t wash, it doesn’t iron». The sexist phrase is making the rounds on the web pronounced by sporting director of the Juventus teamCristiano Giuntolion the stage of the Trento Sports Festival, to explain how you can make a mistake about purchasing a player.
The sexist phrase from Juve’s sporting director
That’s difficult Giuntoli’s words did not bounce on social media and cause controversy. For users, in fact, what was striking about the metaphor used by the sports director it is the anti-historical description of woman.
Lots of comments tired of hearing things like that about women and those who point out how in this country chauvinism and misogyny are still the stuff of jokes and irony.
Cristiano Giuntoli, Juventus manager, under the spotlight for a decidedly sexist phrase (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)
«Tired of this sexism»
«It’s unfortunate that even today there is still irony about the stereotypical role of women. It’s unfortunate that these are done by highly visible public figures and it’s even more unfortunate that these jokes cause hilarity”, writes a user on Twitter. «Misogynistic society. Mentality to change. She certainly said it as a joke, but the times for these jokes are over, finally”, adds another.
Words are important
It is important to remember that words are important, as Nanni Moretti said. They are the means by which we communicateof course, but they also serve to build the narrative, as they say now, of what type of society you want to be part of. They are therefore not harmless, just as jokes are not harmless.
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