The Galician referee who suspended a Women's Basketball League match due to sexist harassment, Paula Lema, has defended that she hopes that her decision "means another step so that no woman has to suffer any type of violence in any area of life again." .
Lema had to stop the Bembibre-Girona match last weekend due to the attitude of a spectator, who repeatedly insulted her with violent and sexist comments, such as 'go clean up', until it was impossible to continue with the match; The local team has prohibited him from re-entering the pavilion.
Following these events, in a statement sent this Friday to EFE, he thanked the federations and the referees' association for "their support and willingness to address and condemn these acts," in addition to thanking his teammates for their support, as well as as well as his environment and his family. He has asked not to continue with his media exposure while the legal channels of this situation are developed.
"I hope it means another step so that no woman has to suffer any type of violence in any area of life again," she expressed.
In his opinion, "we must not silence the occasions" in which referee teams are "exposed to insults and humiliation" and he has demanded "that they not go unpunished." "The fact that these comments are sexist, sexist or racist is an aggravation of the attacks we suffer," she concluded.
