WOMEN'S ENTRY TO SPORTS MATCHES IN THE SAUDI PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE - FIELD STUDY

Abstract

This study aims to assess the views of the decision to enter women to encourage sports matches in accordance with the Kingdom's vision 2030, by identifying the trends of beneficiaries of sports services, and these trends center around the nature of women's activity. To achieve this, a field study was conducted in which 321 male and female beneficiaries from inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia participated. The study found that participants' attitudes are very strong towards a range of variables, including: Women entering stadiums, fans behavior, housewife time, conservative families, sexual harassment, riots, sports that do not interest women, racism and intolerance, conservative nature of society, insecurity. The study revealed a neutral opinion that tends to reject the presence of women in stadiums.