ABSTRACT

The professionalization of the Argentine women’s first division in 2019 allows an in-depth analysis of an underdeveloped and historically marginalized women’s football in Latin America. Following Argentina’s participation in the 2018 Women’s Copa América in Chile and the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, the precarious conditions faced by the female football players were exposed as never before, drawing attention from major national and international news outlets. In those years, the players organized the first strike in a national team history; their actions were accompanied by the regional feminist movement, local organizations, increased media coverage, and new gender-equity policies imposed by the sport’s international governing bodies. Then, the Argentine Football Association’s (AFA) decided to professionalize women’s football in the country. This article hopes to shed light on the struggles and progress of female participants in atraditionally androcentric sport practice and analyse the response from the institutions.

摘要

2019 年阿根廷女足的职业化让我们可以深入分析拉丁美洲不发达且历史上处于边缘地位的女足。继阿根廷参加2018年智利女足美洲杯和2019年法国女足世界杯后，女足运动员面临的危险处境前所未有地暴露出来，引起了国内外各大新闻媒体的关注。那些年，球员组织了国家队历史上的第一次罢工；他们的行动伴随着区域女权运动、地方组织、媒体报道的增加以及这项运动的国际管理机构实施的新的性别平等政策。然后，阿根廷足协 (AFA) 决定在该国实现女子足球的职业化。本文希望揭示女性参与者在传统男性中心运动实践中的挣扎和进步，并分析机构的反应。