The game v Sweden was a joke in my opinion. Our right back was possibly the most useless player I've seen in many a year (Scott I think her surname was).
I don't agree with the principle that male & females should be able to play together, just as I don't support the view they should compete against each other in other sports. I'm sure the feminist faction will disagree but it would add no worth to anyone.
The top women in a sport do not reach the same levels as the top men and the same applies as you move down the ladder. The best female players would play (based on the quality I've seen) in the Vauxhall Conference at best, and the players below that standard would filter through the leagues at the appropriate levels.
Basically this would mean that the female sport & the female players would lose attraction/attention for what it is as the majority of spectators watch the top 4 divisions.
No matter what people say the facts prove that women can't match mens sporting performance even over a prolonged period of time eg. Women sprinters/athletes train with men throughout the close season & season, having the same benefits of science, diet etc, and yet they are still a second or 2 behind the men.
Women and men are split for historical reasons i grant, but there is no reasonable fact to support the view they should be merged. By splitting men & women, money is put into both male & Female sports and competitions and tv rights are split. If they were allowed to compete together the best players & teams would get the most money as they do now and that (as science has proved) would be the men/male teams.
And as for using Perugia as an example of a woman joining for her ability, I suggest you look closer into the reasons behind that 'transfer' and into the past history of the Perugia President in terms of controversy and publicity.