Futebol é coisa de quem quiser? uma análise da inserção feminina na prática esportiva

Abstract

This study aims to understand how the process of initiation of the practice of women's football occurs in the Tocantins-polino context. In the present research, the field methodology was used, with a qualitative approach. For the production of data for the present investigation, we used the assumptions of the focus group as a research technique. Targeting four amateur Futsal athletes from the “UFC TOC F.C” team, from the city of Tocantinópolis. The results showed that initially the players had their first contacts with football, on the street, along with the boys, always being just a practicing girl among them, where inequality was always present. In addition, it can be verified that, for the insertion and permanence of the athletes, they had to face a series of resistances, including from family members, with different types of violence present, such as: prejudice, economic violence and moral violence. In this way, the resilience they have to be able to maintain themselves in this space became evident. It is concluded, therefore, that despite the difficulties that still exist in amateur women's football, the love they feel for the sport makes them remain, using it as a therapy, and looking to the future as a protagonist in this sport.