Play ball, fuck yeah! Saudi women can be hooligans too!

By PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/11/2018 - 6:15pm |

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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/11/saudi-arabia-women-professional-stadium-fan-al-hilal

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as much as I loathe the whole patriotic team sports thing, and as much as I believe that whole thing is linked with the more masculine hormones on the spectrum somehow, and the latter is also involved in things like warfare and abuse of the strong over the weak and a host of other ills that could benefit from more estrogen-influenced thinking....I still agree that this is a very good sign, it's an essential step in their liberation, they gotta do the hooligan thing, just to prove they can if they wanted to....it's after you prove that you can do it and have is when the disdain and shaming works best, that it's all a bunch of crap!

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/11/2018 - 8:55pm

P.S. Love the headline: ‘I can’t describe my feelings’ Indeed! It's foreign to her nature, is why!

“It can be hard to have to watch your team only on television especially when it is a big game or a final but now my wish is coming true,” the 22 year-old tells the Guardian.

The fact that it is a huge game against Al-Ittihad of Jeddah, national and continental rivals, just adds to the anticipation. “I don’t know how to describe my feelings to you,” she adds

As they used to say: make love, not war.

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/11/2018 - 8:58pm

It's a millenia old aspiration, kick 'em in the balls - even if you don't have any. Anyway, much is about adrenalin and the rush of the show (not a McCartney fan, but his "Rock Show, Saturday Night" bit comes to mind.

And just now thinking about these girls set a bit free finally, and comparing with the bored rich taped "bros w ho's" thing in Israel last week that permeates that seaside bar scene...

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/12/2018 - 4:43am

Play ball, fuck yeah! Saudi women can be hooligans too!

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