Por elas e por todas: um videodocumentário sobre machismo no futebol

Abstract

This work is a videocumentary that deals with the problematic of “how machism can affect women's day-to-day work on football‟s coverage and and how a healthy discussion on this subject can assist in combating gender bias”. For the production of the documentary were recorded days of work of these women, in addition to interviews conducted in an attempt to understand, among other issues, how they see discrimination in the sports environment. The documentary gives space to sports journalists to detail how they face male chauvinism, how they put the issue under discussion, and why they continue to fight for equality even through harassment and discrimination. In addition, the documentary shows the side of the passion for the profession, which encourages the continuity of the fight for more women in the football environment. For this, the production was based on the history of journalism and sports journalism, to understand how the historical context influenced the trajectory of women's struggle in this profession. Real cases of moral, physical and psychological harassment have been approached to prove the machism‟s existence in the sports environment and, in the voice of these women, the documentary brings examples of actions that seek to combat these behaviors. In order to make possible the production of this work and to give coherence to the video's narrative, memorial was based on the definitions of documentary production. Finally, the paper concludes that acting in opposition to prejudice is a duty of all and putting machism into discussion is a determining attitude towards the end of harassment episodes. It‟s necessary to give visibility to women, who already have a voice, but who need more space to oppose machism and reach more people.