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Updated Friday, March 8, 2024-15:33
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The video with which the Sporting de Gijón football club wanted to commemorate Women's Day has generated controversy among network users by starting with
a woman on her knees, brush in hand and a bucket of water, cleaning
the lines of the
El Molinón
grass
.
Next, mark the lines that define the playing field with a roller to
end up with the female sex symbol standing out
in the center of the playing field.
The mayor of the city, Carmen Moriyón,
has entered the controversy
, requesting the removal of the commemorative video.
While some emphasize the "inappropriateness" of the cleaning task performed by a woman, others focus (less so) on the symbol of women painted in the center of
El Molinón
, a metaphor for the prominence of women today in the football fields.
"A symbol that unites us generation after generation"
has been interpreted more as "inappropriate" than as a commemoration.
The mayor of the city has assured that the video is "unfortunate" and "does not represent equality in sport and society in general," reports Efe.
Sporting has a
woman , Eva Sánchez-Céspedes, as
the main person responsible for caring for the grass
at
El Molinón
and the Mareo fields
, whose
work is being unanimously praised by the coaching staff and the footballers.