Sociologist Zeca Branco Dias told the newspaper OPAIS that the social condition of athletes sometimes paves the way for sexual harassment in women’s handball to become a reality
What motivations lead some coaches and managers to harass athletes?
The motivations that lead coaches, managers and sports doctors to harass athletes result, firstly, from the very sexist social structure and unequal social relations between men and women.
In the sociocultural sports system, women find themselves in a vulnerable situation.
Do clubs, as sports associations, have or should they have an ethics booklet to prevent such practices?
Teams must have regulatory and sanctioning mechanisms to prepare athletes from training levels to seniors to protect themselves against sexual harassment practices, often perpetrated by coaches and sports directors.
Clubs, associations and federations must have specialized bodies to receive complaints.
Does sexual harassment end up killing the careers of some young women, who, due to so much pressure, prefer to give up?
It is true that sexual harassment annihilates and turns highly talented athletes into stillbirths, from a sporting point of view. Many young athletes, with morals and ethics, immediately give up their careers because they cannot handle pressure and environments of sexual harassment.
It is said that many parents reject the desire of some daughters to practice sport, so is this the most correct path?
There are the unspoken public in the sporting sphere. The information that circulates by word of mouth about sports training environments regarding sexual deviant behavior in sports activities leaves any guardian perplexed and shocked. That’s why some parents don’t accept it.
This deviant behavior often stays behind the door. To protect the image of the people targeted, is this the best way?
These acts are kept under lock and key, not to protect the possible targeted people, but the image of the club and sports associations.
This path is not safe, because we would be perpetuating a practice or behavior that has traumatic consequences for people’s lives and society itself.
In the USA, the gymnastics teacher (coach), after being discovered, was asked to make the position available and faces a lawsuit.
Is it an example to follow?
I think so. Angola must be a nation, a country, a State, where standards of ethics and morality have space and are consecrated as essential in our spirituality.
All leaders, particularly sports leaders, who fail in this regard must make the position available. Education is carried out with exemplarity.
The president of the Spanish Federation, Luis Rubiales, after the women’s team won the World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand last August, kissed athlete Jenni Hermoso.
The case became controversial and forced the leader to leave his position.
Was there coherence or not?
The dismissal was the right move. Despite the controversy surrounding it, whether or not the kiss was consensual remains to be determined.
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