“It just hurts”
Alisha Lyman talks about hate mail online
UEFA has noticed an increase in online hate messages against football players. Among those affected is also the national team player, Alisha Lehmann (23). Now she talks about it in a documentary.
According to UEFA, 50 per cent of all professional footballers have already been subjected to insults, insults and other hate messages online. During the group stage of the European Women’s Championship alone, the association reported about 300 cases of online insult.
The content of these messages is mostly racist, sexist, or personally offensive. Alicia Lehmann (23 years old) was not spared such hostilities, especially while she was in a relationship with fellow Nati Ramona Bachmann (30).
‘None of us are anymore’
“When I was with a woman before, people often did not accept it, they were sad or say, ‘Now you are completely different’ or ‘You are no longer one of us,'” said a Bernese. A documentary film from the European Football Association “The Fury of the Serial”. “It only hurts me because everyone is the same to me.”
Lyman, who has 7.8 million followers on Instagram, says she spends a lot of time on this and other platforms like TikTok. She wants to use these social networks to show girls and women that they can achieve anything. “When people share such negative things, I feel sad because I want to use platforms in a positive way.”
Platforms need to take action
Online insults are much worse for the 23-year-old than they are in real life because “there are ten or a hundred people telling you”. In real life, many cyberbullies would not dare to utter such abuse: “They’d rather ask: ‘Can I have your shirt? or “Can I get a signature?” “
But since you can hide behind a cell phone or computer, many feel they can say whatever they want. To prevent them from feeling this way, the Aston Villa player, who extended her contract by a year on Friday, urged the platforms to take action. “Social media platforms need to change, establish new guidelines and support those affected.” (Che)
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