Referee of Coruña Paula Lema He was startled when a video emerged showing him stoically enduring a fan’s sexist insults during a match he officiated yesterday afternoon. Bambibre last weekend. One follower wrote: “Whore!” shouted phrases like. or “Go clean!” The referee insists that although “progress has been made” in this area in recent years, such attitude is “common” to the “entire referee team” and not just because she is a woman. Be the lead. The focus on her due to the video going viral on social networks affects sexist attitudes, which for her is an “aggravating factor” but is ultimately part of a more global problem.
Sloganwhistling yesterday Minorca-Leyma and talking on the road palm trees feels supported to continue their activity FEBRUARY and we have been in contact since yesterday afternoon The new president is Elisa Aguilar. For the woman from A Coruña, this incident neither breaks her in the slightest nor shakes the profession she decided to turn into a profession years ago. “As a woman, I think it is important to create a reference. If it does not affect my daily life and serves to prevent those who come after me from experiencing the same things, then I have at least achieved something.” strong enough to continue. The important thing is education. “I’ve had references at home who insist that I don’t put limits on myself. My self-esteem is high, I feel supported. My friends or family come to see me at the games, my nephews always ask about me when they see me. Someone is whistling a game. Also, if I start a candy store, someone will tell me “I won’t close it just because it’s about insulting me. I make mistakes like everyone else, but I know what I’m doing. It’s a very healthy sport and no one likes to see such situations.”
This family support does not mean that his blood boils even when he participates in such events as a spectator. Also as a hero, because sometimes the ones who suffer the most are those who are with him. “Sometimes I go to a meeting and I leave, I go for coffee because I want to see some things… Besides, my family and friends are having a hard time, it’s not worth it.” he states.
In this sense, the A Coruña referee warns that this general awareness of sexist attacks or insults towards the referee team is not uniform. “There has been progress, yes, but there are some places where it seems like they are all free now because you pay the entrance fee. There has already been a referee report since the weekend and it looks like it will be published on social networks so that precautions can be taken,” he warned. Bambibre condemning the events and derailing the hero.
Beyond the federation’s support, loving gestures from your mobile phone or through social networks have proliferated. One of the last people to criticize these sexist insults is Pau Gasol. “It’s normal that this bothers him. He’s a public figure, he has responsibilities and he doesn’t like that kind of incident in basketball,” he reaffirms.