Kuwaiti women's football

As if it wasn’t bad enough that the Kuwaiti women’s football team lost 17-0 to the Palestinian team in the West Asian Football championship. Now we have to listen to outcries from conservative members of parliament who declare that playing football is “against the nature and physique of women” and how did these women ever get there in the first place and who gave them permission to participate in such a sport, exposing themselves all over the media in their shorts.

Well I missed the match. And I’ve been looking all over for a photo of the Kuwaiti women’s team. I’ve been looking for some information on them. Nothing. Nothing the average information searcher on the Internet can find. Even the Western media is not interested in the “oppressed” Kuwaiti females who cannot engage in competitive sports.

Poor Kuwaiti girls. Poor women who must struggle to achieve some sort of normality; to compete in healthy competitions against other teams and gain recognition.

Now they will only be humiliated by the 17-0 loss and by the snarky remarks of sexist men who think that Kuwaiti women are only good for walking around the local malls, shopping, wearing designer clothes, showing off expensive oversized handbags, and exercising their fingers on their Blackberries. (something similar to what some guy wrote on a local forum)

The headlines on the Kuwait Times this morning made me laugh heartily. What a silly thing to put on the front page! Why even give conservative reaction any sensational news coverage? The ideal reaction would have been to run a thorough report on the Kuwaiti women’s football team and their struggles to establish themselves.

Don’t hide from the media, ladies. Utilize it to your advantage.