Sexisim in the AFL
Australian Rules Football As Secret Men’s Business
Football Women’s Problem
Big Boofy Blokes in Frocks: Feminism, Football and Sexuality
How traditional views are overly misogynist and masculine
Introduce the article as the classic masculine, misogynist views of AFL players and the community in general. Pick apart arguments and use cases to make your point.
Intro/Conclusion:
The AFL should return to developing the game of football primarily for the benefit of boys and men and secondarily for the benefit of girls and women
Why can’t AFL get an exemption to keep women out of the dressing room? Or boardrooms?
How AFL is Inherently Sexual, Misogynist, Homosocial, Homophobic and Violent
Generally excluded from the policing of the game is its sexism
As Shona Thompson says, ‘men play for football, women wash the dirty socks’
Women may not take up positions on the field or in football administration, but ‘merely’ produce the game’s players and barrack from the stands
*Players are bred to be homophobic and misogynistic - Coaches use motivational insults that draw heavily on derogatory characterizations of women and gay men. Throwing like a girl; tackling like a bunch of fairies; training like faggots
*Bred into players to be misogynist and homophobic
The gay man and the feminine are conflated and repetitively insulted
What is AFL in it’s purest form?
We want to see courage of the ANZAC every weekend
ANZAC ideal
“Play the game hard but fair. Help your mate. Work for your team. Don’t bung one side. Give the other mob a fair go too. No low mongrel acts. And have a couple together after the game.
Dangerous, bloody, brave, controlled violence, excessive drinking,
Don’t want to fluff it up with feminists
Masculinity
It’s a boy’s game, it’s what they do, it’s what they’ve always done and always will do
Men’s sport is a thundering, smoking loom on which the very fabric of Australian life – as homophobic and misogynist – is woven
Violent
Football Women’s Problem
Big Boofy Blokes in Frocks: Feminism, Football and Sexuality
How traditional views are overly misogynist and masculine
Introduce the article as the classic masculine, misogynist views of AFL players and the community in general. Pick apart arguments and use cases to make your point.
Intro/Conclusion:
The AFL should return to developing the game of football primarily for the benefit of boys and men and secondarily for the benefit of girls and women
Why can’t AFL get an exemption to keep women out of the dressing room? Or boardrooms?
How AFL is Inherently Sexual, Misogynist, Homosocial, Homophobic and Violent
Generally excluded from the policing of the game is its sexism
As Shona Thompson says, ‘men play for football, women wash the dirty socks’
Women may not take up positions on the field or in football administration, but ‘merely’ produce the game’s players and barrack from the stands
*Players are bred to be homophobic and misogynistic - Coaches use motivational insults that draw heavily on derogatory characterizations of women and gay men. Throwing like a girl; tackling like a bunch of fairies; training like faggots
*Bred into players to be misogynist and homophobic
The gay man and the feminine are conflated and repetitively insulted
What is AFL in it’s purest form?
We want to see courage of the ANZAC every weekend
ANZAC ideal
“Play the game hard but fair. Help your mate. Work for your team. Don’t bung one side. Give the other mob a fair go too. No low mongrel acts. And have a couple together after the game.
Dangerous, bloody, brave, controlled violence, excessive drinking,
Don’t want to fluff it up with feminists
Masculinity
It’s a boy’s game, it’s what they do, it’s what they’ve always done and always will do
Men’s sport is a thundering, smoking loom on which the very fabric of Australian life – as homophobic and misogynist – is woven
Violent