Honestly, her people never knew her before

Tanzanian president likens her country's female footballers to men

• Tanzanian President Samia Hassan.

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• Tanzanian women's soccer team.

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Tanzanian President Samia Solo Hassan has come under fire after she said female footballers do not have the charisma to run for marriage in the future, and social media users have commented that her comments are insulting to women.

In detail, the president described the country's football players as "flat chested", which makes them not eligible for marriage, and Samia stated these phrases while hosting the Tanzanian U-23 football team, at State House in the coastal city of Dar es Salaam, and said that while she is proud Tanzania, with its sports titles given to this country by its female athletes, some of them did not have the opportunity to marry because of their appearance, and she said frankly, “If we bring them here and make them stand in line in front of us, you will notice that their chests are flat, and you may think that they are men and not women.” She also said that in While some female athletes got married, most weren't so lucky "and for them married life became just a dream."

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The Tanzanian president has come under fire for her discriminatory statements about the footballer's appearance, and her comments have become indigestible to social media users, after a video of her talking about female footballers went viral, and one user commented: "This woman wants to turn Tanzania into Afghanistan, where Our women’s rights?” He addressed her by saying: “Mama, encourage our African women to excel in the sports they are good at.”

A Tanzanian feminist activist stated that President Samia's statement is a humiliation for women. "For a long time the body of African women has been targeted, but it is really sad to hear the President say that if a Tanzanian woman does not have certain aesthetic qualities, she is not woman enough," she said. And it is not attractive.”

She said the world needs to move towards looking at women in terms of what they accomplish, adding, "There are people who consider these statements made by the president very normal. We live in a society where we look at women only in terms of marriage." To defy the norm and stereotypes, the President should speak with the utmost respect for the courage and strength of Tanzanian women, to make them proud of this country.

Like many Tanzanians, the head of the women's wing of the opposition Chadima party, Catherine Rogge, is angered by the president's words, tweeting: "All women deserve respect."

But for Saint Pauli footballer in Hamburg, Sanna Garaway, the president's statement and her concerns about the players' social future did not come as much of a surprise to her. That dialogue is gender equality during a workshop sponsored by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation.” She added that the issue of financial independence and social life after the end of the football career of the players, was also a problem for the players, and explained: “As a woman, achieving this is much more difficult, but at the same time Male professional footballers are not worried about this.”

• Samia said that while Tanzania is proud of the sporting titles given by its players to this country, some of them did not get the opportunity to marry because of their appearance.

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