Will U.S. Soccer Stop Insulting Women Now?
The Lead
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🗓️ 25 March 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Earlier this month, U.S. Soccer made a legal argument that many people found deeply offensive, and that led to the resignation of the organization’s president. As part of an ongoing lawsuit over equal pay, U.S. Soccer essentially argued that men deserve to be paid more money than women because they are biologically superior and play in more difficult conditions. The Athletic’s Megan Linehan joins us to explain how that drama unfolded, why U.S. Soccer took such an inflammatory stance, and what all of this means for new U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone and the future of women’s soccer.
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| 0:00.0 | Earlier this month, a big controversy rocked American soccer. |
| 0:12.3 | You're asking me a question about a federation in a 2600 page legal filing saying that biological |
| 0:18.4 | science is the reason why men should make more money than the women? |
| 0:22.4 | You've got to be kidding me. |
| 0:24.4 | But also said biological differences mean men have a higher level of skill based on speed |
| 0:29.4 | and strength than women. |
| 0:31.3 | In the midst of an ongoing lawsuit over equal pay, U.S. soccer made an argument that many |
| 0:36.0 | people found deeply offensive and that led to the resignation of the organization's president. |
| 0:41.4 | Today, the athletics Megan Linnahan joins us to explain how that drama unfolded. |
| 0:46.9 | Why U.S. soccer took such an inflammatory stance. |
| 0:50.5 | And what all of this means for new U.S. soccer president Cindy Parlo Kohn and the future |
| 0:55.6 | of women's soccer. |
| 0:57.0 | There is also a chance to look much, much bigger beyond just this particular lawsuit and trying |
| 1:04.5 | to reframe their entire approach to women's soccer itself. |
| 1:16.8 | From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm Andres Keltow. |
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| 2:00.1 | Hello, I'm Hannah. |
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