Dylan Bettencourt
Ucwaningo luthole ukuthi, isibalo sabesifazane abahlushwa ukunakwa ngokomzimba ngaphandle kwemvumelwano emidlalweni yebhola sesiphindeke kabili kule minyaka eyisikhombisa edlule.
Ngowezi-2014, owesifazane oyedwa kwabayishumi uthe uthintwe ngaphandle kwemvume yakhe emdlalweni webhola. Ucwaningo olwenziwe yi-Football Supporters Association (i-FSA) luthole ukuthi lesi sibalo sesiphindeke kabili kwabesifazane abahlanu.
Lolu cwaningo luthathe isampula labalandeli bebhola abayizi-2 000 abebehambele imidlalo yebhola, kanti cishe uhhafu walaba abebebambe iqhaza bathe babone ukuhlukunyezwa ngokobulili okunyuke ngo-20% kunocwaningo lwangaphambilini.
Abanye abangu-26% bathi batshelwe ngabesilisa ukuthi baya emidlalweni kuphela ngoba behalela abadlali.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-44% wabesifazane emidlalweni yebhola lezinyawo yabesilisa batshelwa ukuthi “bazi lukhulu okudlula intombazane.”
Ilungu lebhodi le-FSA u-Ally Simcock uthe ayikho indawo ebholeni yokucwasa ngobulili noma ukuziphatha okungafanele.
“Sikhuthaza bonke abalandeli ukuthi bayiphonsele inselelo, uma kunesidingo, babikele ikilabhu yabo noma iziphathimandla,” kusho uSimcock.
Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi useke waya emiqhudelwaneni eminingi yebhola lezinyawo yabesilisa futhi ubekezelele ingxenye yakhe yokuhlukunyezwa ngokobulili, kodwa wathi umkhankaso ofana ne-#MeToo uyishintshile imibono yabantu abathanda umdlalo mayelana nokuthi yini eyamukelekile.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwemibono, u-75% wabadlali besifazane bathe akaze baehlangabezane nanoma yikuphi ukuphawula okucwasa ngobulili noma abakaze babone nanoma yikuphi ukunakwa ngokomzimba okungafunwa emidlalweni yebhola labesifazane.
I-Football Association (i-FA) yase-England ithe imelene nazo zonke izinhlobo zokucwasa.
“Sisanda kwethula i-A Game for All, isu lethu elisha lokulingana, ukuhlukahluka kanye nohlelo lokukhishwa, elichaza ukuzibophezela kwethu nezinhlelo zokuletha umdlalo ongenakho ukucwaswa,” kusho umkhulumeli we-FA.
Umbiko wangoMbasa walo nyaka ubonise ukuthi ibhola labesifazane likhule kakhulu, izibalo zababukeli balo mdlalo zikhuphuke ngo-350% njengoba kulindeleke ukuthi kukhule kakhulu eminyakeni ezayo njengoba ukufinyeleleka nezinsiza kuthuthukiswa ohlangothini lwebhola labesifazane.
Umthombo wesithombe: @TheTelegraph