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Have you ever been told or said “you play like a girl” as a negative message? Do you know the cracks of women’s sports? Do you have posters of athletes who are leaders in world women’s sports like Alexia Putellas in your room?
These are some of the questions that are asked in the exhibition that is on display until September 25 at the Palau Robert in Barcelona and that has been promoted by the Generalitat de Catalunya. The title of the show says it all: “Juice like a girl!”, with an exclamation mark, with pride. A claim to fight against prejudice and turn the game around in favor of women’s sports.
The exhibition, curated by the sports journalist Laia Tudel, is mainly aimed at boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 14 and is designed to be visited as a family or in a group. The exhibition is open and free access.
“I played like a girl!” is one more example of the projects to promote women’s sports promoted by the Government, which this year has multiplied by four the aid allocated to women’s sports to reach three million euros and has promoted other initiatives such as the publication from the book Superheroïnes de l’Esport or a successful Christmas fair on women’s sports. As the Minister of the Presidency, Laura Vilagrà, always assures, this is the legislature of women’s sport.
The sample is divided into four areas. In the first, the attendees are asked questions such as: How many women practice federated sports in Catalonia or what percentage of managers and young people are committed to training in the degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (CAFE)? Through interactives, they are invited to respond to these questions and are staged with an immersive installation in which visitors can experience the different itineraries boys and girls have to practice sports. At the end of the tour, it is shown that children are the ones who have it easier.
The second area is planned as an obstacle course, with barriers. Each of these billboards deals with a topic related to women’s sports: insults and stereotypes that athletes should hear, the salary difference compared to boys, the female presence in sports institutions or the treatment of women’s sports in media.
The third area, “Juga amb les cracs”, is the most playful space. Following the references of three stars of Catalan sports, the attendees experience the talent of Laia Palau, Patrícia Ortega and Maica García, and must try to emulate their records.
The objective is to create benchmarks and make visible the successful experience of some of our athletes.
There is also a radio booth where they can broadcast what their classmates are doing. The challenge is twofold: they must do so in non-sexist language and in Catalan.
The fourth and last area of ??the exhibition is a teenager’s room: with posters of Catalan women’s sports stars on the wall, a computer and a tablet with images of Catalan women’s sports and the winners of Catalan women’s sports from that century.
To take home a good memory, visitors will be able to complete their experience at a photocall where they can take photos with the crack athletes who have participated in this exhibition, such as Mapi León, Laia Palau or Maica García.
