Yahya Toure Yaya Toure had his very own football boots at the age of 10, having spent years knocking a ball about without shoes in the streets of his native Cote d'Ivoire. "Boots were very expensive," Toure told TheGuardian in 2011.
TheGuardian learnt that this advantage that men are perceived to have is similar to commodification in the sense that by payment of the bride price, the man is given the right of a buyer.