By Andrew Warshaw in Jordan
May 14 – One of world football’s most influential female executives has joined the chorus of disapproval over English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore’s already infamous sexist remarks.
Scudamore has apologised for “inappropriate” comments made in private emails that were leaked to a Sunday newspaper and which drew widespread condemnation from women’s groups.
Dodd, Australian vice-president of the Asian Football Confederation and a co-opted member of FIFA’s executive committee, was asked about the story during a session dedicated to the women’s game during the Soccerex Asian Forum here.
“Of course it’s disappointing the way women are sometimes talked about when people think nobody’s listening and nobody’s watching,” Dodd, who had already been quoted in British newspapers, told delegates at the plush King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre.
“The challenge for us in football is to make sure the game is open to everyone so the next time you hear people speaking like that in your environment or making a derogatory comment about a woman or a man insulting another man by suggesting he has female characteristics, you should challenge him. As a woman, I would find that insulting.
“It’s time we challenged ourselves about whether could be more open to females and as inclusive as we can be.”
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