São Paulo base-trained athlete receives homophobic comments after confirming casual relationship with Pabllo Vittar
In the same space where the midfielder Yuri Lima is often praised for his relationship with the singer Iza, the defender Polidoro Junior, with experiences at Portuguesa, São Caetano, a club abroad and trained at the São Paulo academy, now comes insulted with homophobic jokes after confirming she had a relationship with singer Pabllo Vittar.
The difference in treatment between players speaks volumes about the homophobia that permeates football. No one was surprised that the Mirassol defender had a heterosexual relationship with a famous and successful woman. Indeed, he was practically acclaimed for having “conquered” the singer, pregnant with the couple’s first child.
Polidoro, who did not hesitate to say that he has already been with an equally famous and successful singer, but who identifies as a gay drag queen and a gender-fluid man, receives homophobic comments for having renounced the male standard that the industry is expected from players. of football.
Always associated with strength, virility and the stereotype of a figure who can identify with any woman he wishes due to his status, the football athlete is seen as an ideal of masculinity to be achieved by men who admire the sport. In a sexist and homophobic environment, this preconceived role helps explain why players who identify as LGBTQIA+ in sport are rare, as they know they will be persecuted and rejected by fans.
When one player is subjected to discriminatory ridicule due to a homosexual relationship and another is glorified for the same reason, but dating a cisgender and heterosexual woman is a concrete sign that the majority of men, especially the portion that plays in football , sexual and gender diversity still amazes and touches us today.
While same-sex relationships are common in women’s football, even between athletes from the same club, men’s football remains reluctant to recognize athletes’ right to have relationships with whoever they want, regardless of sexual orientation. Therefore, the problem of LGBTphobia is not linked to sport or modality, but to a prejudicial culture that is rarely addressed in football played and consumed by men.
Source: Terra
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