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hard_headed_womanMarch 17, 2025
Minors aren't being protected; the league's reputation is being protected. It's all about money.
Gay men still don't come out on these teams. Can you imagine a rumor of anything happening to a minor?
ItzpapalotlMarch 17, 2025
Good. Protect underage men. We all know men are a danger to boys.
If only women and girls (who are at much greater risk) could be afforded the same dignity and safety.
Carrots90 [OP]March 18, 2025
Exactly
Especially since this 17 year old, as a precocious athlete, is more able to protect himself from men than girls can
TrappedInACarMarch 18, 2025
I wouldn’t want to stop boys from safeguarding but I really do wish we could also understand the importance of safeguarding girls and women. It’s insane where we are.
You might have read about the 17 year old girl in the UK who asked the coach about a TIM playing against her team. She spoke about being worried for her and her teammates safety and was banned for 6 matches. I met her a couple of months back at a women in sports event and she was fab. It really heartens me to see girls and younger women not taking any shit and I’m hopeful that they can help make things change in the right direction as they’re the ones right at the heart of this.
BisphosphateMarch 17, 2025
The men's sports sphere is far more homophobic than women's sports because men don't like the idea of being sexually objectified. There are far fewer men that came out as gay in the Premier League than women that came out as lesbian. Men're just rewarding the openness of women by inserting biological men into women's league and forcing them to accept it.
TerfisnotadirtywordMarch 17, 2025
I can't believe it never clicked that that's why men are homophobic! It makes so much sense!
CryingInYourInboxMarch 17, 2025
Wait why does he have to change in a different place? He's a biological male right?
Under 18. I mean the limited knowledge I know about sportsmen being "ultra gay" with teammates, constant spanking and touching and grabbing, dick-contests, "locker-room talk", it's probably more to protect them from liability and getting reports of minors being sexualized, than anything actually resembling protecting people.
pennygadgetMarch 17, 2025
Yeah, its definitely more to cover the asses of the adult male players than to protect the 17 year old boy.
CryingInYourInboxMarch 17, 2025
I see that makes sense. Well, I agree minors should get their own spaces
Carrots90 [OP]March 17, 2025
They’re all male, but he is underage so he gets a protected place to change
Because we know not all men, but almost always men
According to his shirt, he plays for the United Arab Emirates. So I don't know if the trans comparison would apply to him. But the point is still a good one. Boys get protected. Girls get told to get fucked (both figuratively and literally)
BisphosphateMarch 17, 2025
Emirates Airlines sponsors his team. He plays for Arsenal, a football club in London.
pennygadgetMarch 17, 2025
My bad. I was basing my assumption on the uniform he was wearing in the picture
The age thing is interesting. One thing I've noticed about TiMs in women's sports is that some of the adult ones go out of their to be around underage girls specifically.
Given the increasing number of underage players playing on first teams, I’m not surprised that BPL and FIFA would have locker room rules for minors. But I also wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t have those same rules for women, justifying it with something about adult women not being dangerous to girls. Although most leagues do have rules about male coaches entering female locker rooms.