Le Ntengiso Entsha ethi ‘Njalo’ Izokukwenza Uziqhenye Ngokudlala #LikeAGirl

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Ukuthomba kuyisici esibi kubantu abaningi (sawubona, isigaba esingesihle). Kepha ucwaningo olusha olwenziwe yi-Always lwathola ukuthi lunomthelela owesabekayo emisebenzini yangemva kwesikole. Ngesikhathi amantombazane eqeda ukuthomba futhi efika eminyakeni engu-17, uhhafu wawo ube eseshintshanisa ama-basketball ngobhodisi, futhi wayeka ukudlala ezemidlalo ngokuphelele.

Um ... ngani? Akufani nezikhathi futhi ukudlala ezemidlalo kuyahambisana. Ama-boobs akhulayo akwenzi umlingo ngokushaya isoftball, futhi ukopha kanye ngenyanga akukwenzi ube nekhono eliphakeme ekuphakamiseni izinsimbi. Isizathu sangempela sokuthi amantombazane asakhula ayeke ezemidlalo akuhlangene nekhono lomzimba, kodwa konke okuphathelene nombono. Amantombazane ayisikhombisa kwayishumi anomuzwa wokuthi awangeni kwezemidlalo, kanti amaphesenti angama-67 anomuzwa wokuthi umphakathi awubakhuthazi ukuthi badlale imidlalo, ngokusho kwamuva kakhulu Uhlolo Oluhlala Njalo Lokuzethemba Nokuthomba.

Cabanga nje ngawo wonke amaqembu abesilisa abangochwepheshe (nabangewona ochwepheshe!) Abathola ukunakwa, nawo wonke amaqembu ezemidlalo abesifazane adunyiswa futhi akhokhe uma kuqhathaniswa nalawo ozakwabo besilisa. (Yingakho iqembu lebhola labesifazane laseMelika lakhuluma ngokungaholi ngokungalingani ngemuva kokuwina indebe yomhlaba ngo-2015.) Cabanga ngazo zonke izinto umphakathi othi amantombazane akufanele azenze noma abe-muscular, bulky, rough, aggressive, etc.-lezo imvamisa kuhlotshaniswa nokuba ngumsubathi. (BTW, sicabanga ukuthi zonke lezo zinto ziyesabeka-bheka nje umkhankaso wethu we #LoveMyShape.)

Ukubaluleka kokugcina amantombazane amancane kwezemidlalo-nokuwabonisa ukuthi abesifazane banendawo phakathi kwabadlali besilisa-kudlula amazinga okugcina emaqenjini ezemidlalo ezikole eziphakeme. Uma ukhule ubambe iqhaza kwezemidlalo, uyazi ukuthi kungaba semqoka kangakanani ekukhuleni kwakho njengomuntu; ucwaningo lwedatha yabathengi base-US lwango-2015 lwathola ukuthi abesifazane abaneminyaka engu-18 kuya ku-24 banethuba eliphindwe kabili lokuzethemba uma bedlala ezemidlalo njalo kunalabo abangadlali nhlobo, ngokusho kwe-Always.

Kungakho Njalo baqala umkhankaso wabo othi #LikeAgirl-ukukhuthaza amantombazane ukuthi aqhubeke nokudlala ezemidlalo, noma ngabe kwenzekani noma ubani isho ngalokho amantombazane okufanele akwenze noma angakwenzi.

"Kuyithuba lokunika amantombazane umbono omusha, ukuguqula inkhulumomphendvulwano futhi uwabonise ukuthi yebo, amantombazane angene ngokuphelele kwezemidlalo," kusho uDkt Jen Welter, umqeqeshi wesifazane wokuqala kuNFL kanye nenxusa lomkhankaso we-Always '#LikeAGirl.

"Ukudlala imidlalo kungifundise izifundo eziningi kakhulu zokuphila enkundleni nasempilweni. Ngokudlala nje imidlalo, ufunda okuningi ngokuthi yini umsebenzi onzima ongakwenzela wona njengomuntu. Ufunda ukuphatha ubunikazi" bokufaka, yilokho okuphumayo, "esho." Ukubona okufezile ngendlela ebonakalayo kuyindlela enhle yokwakha ukuzethemba. Futhi akumayelana nesimo sokuncintisana, kumayelana nokuthi amantombazane angazibona kanjani emkhulu ngokuzibandakanya. "

Futhi lokhu kudlulela ngaphezu kwezingane ezineminyaka engu-15 ubudala ezizizwa sengathi zidinga ukuyeka i-lacrosse ukuze zibe "intombazane ngokwanele." Abesifazane abadala, nabo, bangathatha ugqozi kulo mkhankaso wokunqoba izimboni zabasebenzi ezilawulwa ngabesilisa, ezemidlalo, nezokuqina, #LikeAGirl. Ngoba emhlabeni wethu, "njengentombazane" ngokuyisisekelo ihumusha ngokuthi "njengomphathi ophambanayo." (Funda ukuthi omunye wesifazane wamukela kanjani umzimba wakhe oqinile, ogobile ngenkathi eba yiphoyisa lesifazane.)

Kodwa ngokufanelekile, ukubaluleka kwabantu kokubili ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwenkundla ngeke kuchazwe ngobulili, kodwa ngamakhono.

Kusuka kothile owazibonela mathupha: "Umyalezo wokuqala engiwutholile ngenkathi ngingena kwiNFL ubuyi-100% eyiqiniso," kusho uWelter. "Akukhona ngokuthi ubani omunye osembonini, yilokho okufaka kuyo. Uma kuyithina uma kuqhathaniswa nabo, wonke umuntu uyalahlekelwa. Umgomo uwukuba uziphathe kahle, futhi ulethe izwi elihluke kancane engxoxweni. ."

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