In England, they can’t just be happy that the British women have reached the final of the European Championship. They could become European champions against Germany on Sunday. No, some nonsense about the nickname of the England women’s team: Lioness. So lioness. This is considered sexist by many. They want that to change Lion.

Included on BBC radio4 there is debate about the nickname. And also in the newspapers quite a lot of words are devoted to it. The crux of the matter is this: in this age of inclusive thinking, it is no longer necessary to create separate words for women. So a woman who plays football is not a football star, but a football player. A flying woman is not a pilot, but a pilot. Etc.

Lioness
If you extend it, then Lioness is no longer Lioness, but Leo. Though there are also British figures who Lioness find a good word. For example, Nadine Dorries, the culture secretary, said that wanting to change nicknames was nonsense.

“They are our Lionesses. I love all the meanings of that word,” he said DailyStar on. “Lions are sloths. They lie in the sun all day. Lionesses hunt for food. They guard their cubs. I would not call a lioness a Lion.”

Morgan Pier
TV celebrity Piers Morgan also did not participate in the awakening revolution. “The campaign to call our women’s football strong Lions, because Lionesses is going to be sexist, is sad enough. Just stop it, wake up the wappies who are always complaining about gender.”

Sarah Wiegman
It was confusing for England national team coach Sarina Wiegman, who was the first coach of the Dutch national team or Orange Lionesses. If he is going to say that he prefers the Lions, then he is actually saying that the Dutch should be called the Orange Lions.

The campaign to call English football’s extraordinary Lionesses ‘Lions’ to avoid being sexist is one of the saddest signs of virtue ever – and the bar for that title is unheard of. Just stick a cork in it, you gender-crazed awakened asshole. pic.twitter.com/4eKcHBom2t

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 28, 2022