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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is being criticized online for her remarks about female footballers having “flat chests” and unattractive for marriage.
The President was speaking at the State House in Dar es Salaam to receive a trophy won by the National Under-23 Football Team for the Challenge Cup of the Council of East African Football Associations and of the Center (Cecafa).
She said that while the women made the country proud by winning trophies, some of them had no chance of getting married because of their looks.
“If we bring them in here and line them up, for those with flat chests you might think they’re men – not women,” she said of the women’s football team.
She said that while some of the sportswomen were married, most of them were not, “and for what they are, a married life … is just a dream.”
The president said that sportsmen live a difficult life after their career in sport and called on the authorities to ensure that their future is well taken care of after retirement. She noted that it was especially more difficult for women “when their legs are tired, when they have retired from the sport”.
Some people criticized his comments. A Twitter user shared part of President Samia’s speech while criticizing it:
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🏃🏿♀️🏃🏿♀️🏃🏿♀️🏃🏿♀️ pic.twitter.com/oU0lOUJ0v3– Mwanahamisi Singano (@Slaughter) August 22, 2021
“This is what the ‘first woman president’ has to say about other women who defy stereotypes by playing professional football! ”Said Maria Tsehai.
“What she says is not true !! She generalized without scientific facts regarding female athletes their flat chests and lack of beauty and regarding their marriage prospects !! Not only is she wrong, but she’s lying once again! Harry Mwala said.
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