The United States Soccer Federation says women don’t deserve equal pay because they have less skill
There is no argument that men are stronger than women. It’s a well-documented biological difference. It’s why we have separate teams for men and women.
Here’s what U.S. Soccer doesn’t understand. The selection of speed and strength as the criteria for pay is biased, and here’s why. Imagine a world where women’s sports dominated for hundreds of years. Only female athletes are sports heroes, and only women’s sports are televised. Then men begin playing sports at a professional level. Would we still use strength and speed to define ability in a sport? No, we’d likely say the men’s game is too physical and lacks the finesse, intelligent playmaking and teamwork of the women’s game.
We value strength and speed, because we are accustomed to strength and speed from watching years of men’s sports. However, strength and speed are not the criteria that best represent our country in competitions at the national level. Recall, the USWNT won the World Cup last summer, while the country's men failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
The USWNT believes that U.S. Soccer’s arguments actually illustrate the gender discrimination that caused the women to file the lawsuit in the first place. “This ridiculous ‘argument’ belongs in the Paleolithic Era.
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