A very subjective look into AWFC

The negativity that has been sadly now standard around women’s football is pretty insane. And let me be clear, it’s actually the negativity on social media. Twitter or X or whatever has become so terrible and people are not just giving their opinions, they are spewing hate. All of this is pretty common for the men’s game, where toxic masculinity is engrained in the culture, but it’s truly sad to see how that attitude has been adopted by certain portions of the fanbase and simply put: hate cannot be the norm or part of the equal vision. It’s not sustainable.

Recently I read a tweet that was not actual abuse but it was so charged with entitlement and had a heavy condescending tone. I’m gonna quote the whole tweet here:

“I don’t care that we were ‘incredible’, that our support is ‘unmatched’ or that they ‘heard’ us. We want something in return. We offer the players the chance to play in such big occasions, to play for sold-out crowds, we deserve something from them too.”

What?

This is quite possibly the absolute worse take I have ever read in my entire life and without spending time dissecting this dross or criticizing it, what I will say is that at least this person didn’t insult the players directly. Ok I’m kidding, there’s no credit to give this person at all. My point is that if you agree with the statement they made, we are ethically, morally and fundamentally worlds apart.

So how do we solve this? Well, you can’t because it’s a problem that every individual who spreads hate need to stop themselves or get banned from social media which only happens with elevated levels of abuse and language but make no mistake, tweets like the one I posted do nothing to build up the team, and I’m not saying they don’t have a right to express their opinion, I don’t want this person censored. I disagree and I also have the ability to express my own opinion, which is that their opinion is a very bad one.

Don’t be like that person.

d ❤

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