Women football refs: Kitchens, Sexism and the Offside Rule

Wrapped up as “prehistoric banter” and “lads mag humour”, it seems to be even more fun to take pot-shots at female football officials. It is already a tough job for any referee, but women have also to withstand the discrimination, the sexism, and the comments on orientation and physical appearance, at the same time as they dispel the suggestions of tokenism. Going to work as a referee is hard enough without the attacks on gender, overall qualifications and harassment that male referees, battered as they are, do not have to tolerate. sportslawandtaxation.com/...