Masculinity is presupposing that there are no homosexual men in football. Masculinity is asserting that the women who play it do so because of their status as lesbians. Rather than saying that all the players are lesbians, since "it's a male sport". And masculinity is maintaining that nothing happens because Luis Rubiales punched Jenni Hermoso, that the player, as a footballer, must be gay.
“It will sound sexist, but these footballers are almost all lesbians, [so] it is obvious that they will not be kissed by a man!!! That's why the version of this guy [Rubiales] is absurd", says someone on the X platform who identifies himself as a Colombian guitarist. The comment not only sounds, but is sexist. She doesn't have to be a lesbian to dislike kissing.
However, it is curious how lesbianism is well seen in women's football while it is rejected that there are homosexuals in men's football. It is unthinkable that a player could be gay. Thanks to the Rubiales case, in retrospect, these observations are also emerging, in contrast to those of sexists who are still able to brag that they did not come out of their mother's womb, but from their father's peppers.
@lesbicanarias made a collection of soccer players from the 2023 World Cup who had publicly declared themselves lesbians. He counted 85 among all the national selections. Now count how many active gay male players there are. That's the competition. They will barely lift all the fingers with one hand. Regarding Spanish players, here is the count: only one has come out of the closet, Alberto Lejárraga, goalkeeper of Marbella, of the Second B-Second Division RFEF.
The fear of being vilified in a stadium because of their sexual condition is the main reason to not stop pretending to be heterosexual. Míchel was called "maricón". But you don't have to go that far. "Guardiola, Guardiola, how thin you look. Primero fueron las drogas, hoy por Chueca se te ve” is a chant at the Bernabéu for the City coach in the Champions League this year.
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