Women+football

Giada's paragraph

In Italy, football is the most popular sport for a large number of men, both, to watch and to participate in. In general, women are not very enthusiastic about football and often they prefer other sports. In my opinion, women are not to blame for this situation but it is the Italian mentality that considers football a sport reserved exclusively for men. For this reason, the majority of women tend to take up other sports, such as volleyball, tennis or dance. In some other countries, the attitude is different because girls are encouraged to play football from an early age and now there are many women' s teams. In Italy, on the contrary, there are a few women's football teams are considered of an inferior level compared to those of men. Also, male football players are better paid, often they become famous and idolized. Nowadays, there is a project in Italy the aim of which is to integrate more young girls in this particular sport. Many coaches are sent into primary schools for 1 hour a week with the purpose to teach both, girls and boys to play football.

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