Date of Award
Spring 2023
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Media & Communication; College of Arts & Sciences
First Advisor
Lisa Holderman
Abstract
Women's Football in the UK has constantly overshadowed by Men's Football and with the popularity of social media it may have complicated the issue. The way women have been treated in the media has always been different to how men were treated. Gender can be considered a performance and how women are treated by the press demands a performance from them. Through Offside, a play by Hollie Poetry and Sabrina Mahfouz, this essay explores the relationship between feminist theory, women's football and social media. Women athletes have consistently been asked about their personal lives, bodies, relationships and anything besides the sport that they dedicate their life to. The rise of social media has created a new platform for women's football representation and a new agency for individual players. Even with this newfound authority, the problem could lie with the other half of the relationship that comes with social media, the followers.
Recommended Citation
Kummer, Mikayla, "Women Play Football Too: Feminist Theory and UK Football" (2023). Capstone Showcase. 2.
https://scholarworks.arcadia.edu/showcase/2023/media_communication/2
Included in
Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory Commons, Film and Media Studies Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, International and Intercultural Communication Commons, Mass Communication Commons, Social Media Commons, Sports Studies Commons, Women's Studies Commons
Women Play Football Too: Feminist Theory and UK Football
Women's Football in the UK has constantly overshadowed by Men's Football and with the popularity of social media it may have complicated the issue. The way women have been treated in the media has always been different to how men were treated. Gender can be considered a performance and how women are treated by the press demands a performance from them. Through Offside, a play by Hollie Poetry and Sabrina Mahfouz, this essay explores the relationship between feminist theory, women's football and social media. Women athletes have consistently been asked about their personal lives, bodies, relationships and anything besides the sport that they dedicate their life to. The rise of social media has created a new platform for women's football representation and a new agency for individual players. Even with this newfound authority, the problem could lie with the other half of the relationship that comes with social media, the followers.