Themes for my Short film: Prejudice

When EA announced it was including women in FIFA 16 it was a milestone in the game and for the careers of the women who play it. However, amongst the hype and expectation Twitter allowed outrage to break as a flow of sexist tweets appeared:

Your top scorer refuses to play cuz the second kit makes her look fat #FIFA16

— Hugo (@Hxgo__) May 28, 2015

I hope @EASPORTSFIFA would mak bOObies look realistic and bounce in #FIFA16

— Loai El Nomeiry (@The_Loai) May 28, 2015

Your star player is having a bad game bcos of her period #fifa16

— KING OF MEMES (@PhemieB) May 28, 2015

Feminists have won. I'm so hurt. #FIFA16

— daddy (@tackyz) May 28, 2015

This is a worrying problem for women's football as the game has never had female football players established on the game before. Although it is national teams only, this is a big leap into the development into the women's game and how they are represented by the media.