Soohyun Lee Step 5 II

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wjCSoZd8jwM

In the video I linked above, a female referee Fatou Gaye talks about how difficult it is for a woman to be welcomed in the male-dominated environment of refereeing. I heard that even in the supposedly gender-equal UK, women referees are not always accepted with open arms. However, being a Muslim woman referee in an African country is much harder because in the country, it is not seen as appropriate for women to go out to work. Therefore her success in this field can be seen as a huge achievement.

This video shows that women still face limitations in terms of choosing a job. Especially jobs related to sports, women are not welcomed as many people think that women do not understand the game well and are not physically strong or quick enough to be involved in sports. However, this video also has a message that women should stick to their dreams no matter what and try hard to achieve their goals. For this reason, I think the purpose of this video is to encourage women to be brave and to implant hopes to the women who is in in the same situation as her.

Watching this video, I felt so strange because I have never seen a woman with referee uniform before. Whenever I watched soccer games on TV, I could only see male referees running around the field. Because of this, I unconsciously thought that there are no female referees and came to have narrow point of view.

While this video can be valuable as it is a primary source, it can be biased and limited since it only displays the perspective of a Muslim woman living in Africa. Although it can be true that woman referees all over the world face the same problems as Fatou Gaye, in countries such as Sweden, which puts great emphasis on equality between man and woman, woman referee might be respected and welcomed.