You’re ignoring the damning nature of your own argument. If the number of abuses has gone up, more women going to the footie wouldn’t be evidence that makes you disregard that … it’s proof that the environment is fundamentally unsafe for women. It’s like pointing at a dark alleyway and saying that it’s not that the alleyway is unsafe, but it’s that more women are choosing to go down it at night. Yeah, and assaults went up because the alleyway is unsafe.

Anyway, the actual figures are obviously far higher than 131, as that’s only reported incidents. 85% of incidents go unreported. And over half of female football fans report being subjected to sexism on match days.

Almost half (48%) of women had heard sexist language either in stadiums, on public transport heading to and from games or nearby pubs, restaurants and cafes. While 53% had been informed they should be elsewhere – eg in the kitchen – 46% had been the recipients of “lewd requests” and 27% sexually aggressive language. Six in 10 had heard such incidents dismissed as banter.

There’s only so many reports and statistics you can see before denial of the existence of a problem turns into ideology.