Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg criticized for ‘outdated’ feedback on feminine referees
“The issue with girls, and definitely in refereeing, actually in soccer, is that they have a tough pathway in the event that they get pregnant throughout their refereeing profession, it might probably cease them a great distance,” Clattenburg stated.
“So they have to make this selection — do they need to be pregnant, have youngsters, or do they need to be referees?”
He later added: “Girls must make that sacrifice as a result of in the event that they need to be pregnant — say they get to a sure stage in refereeing after which they need to get to that subsequent stage — if you happen to grow to be pregnant, it might probably value you two or three years of your life. When you lose that three years, any person else takes your place.”
“Girls in all professions face challenges in balancing work and household,” stated Purdon.
“So do many males — however for males, that is by no means seen as an issue, and males are by no means anticipated to decide on between the 2.
“In actual fact, many ladies in elite sport are ready to renew their sporting careers rapidly after giving beginning. Others take extra day out — by selection or by necessity. Neither of those situations is a ‘drawback.’
“The true drawback is assumptions about feminine biology, and gender roles in childcare, that are lazy, outdated or plain false.”
Clattenburg additionally stated that numerous feminine referees “wrestle with the lads’s health take a look at” and added: “Definitely, when you will have a child, you are out 9, 10 months. Then you definitely’ll take one other six months to recuperate out of your physique so subsequently it is practically two years. To go that males’s health take a look at could be very, very demanding.”
Rugby participant Joe Marler, who was taking part in for Harlequins when Cox made her Premiership debut on the weekend, later tweeted: “Clattenburg’s response to my query about feminine referees in soccer on @talkSPORT this morning was disrespectful and archaic.”
Muricas Information has been unable to acquire a response from Clattenburg to the criticism.
