The Spanish Kiss

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More than a week after Spain’s historic win over England in the Women’s World Cup final, there is little talk of soccer. Instead, the victory has been overshadowed by an unwanted kiss that has sparked global outrage and put the spotlight on Spain’s enduring culture of machismo in many quarters, despite significant advances in equal rights in recent years. Star player Jennifer Hermoso described the actions of Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales as an “impulse-driven, sexist out of place act without any consent.” The 33-year-old veteran said she felt the “victim of an aggression,” one that took place in front of a packed stadium and a global television audience after her team’s hard-won 1-0 victory over England on August 20. Hermoso’s teammates share her outrage, with all of them now refusing to play again for Spain until Rubiales quits or if removed.

Seems straightforward enough, right? Surely this creep that was caught on video before a huge audience being a creep will be quickly dealt with.

Not so:

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On Friday the scandal escalated further when Rubiales made a defiant speech at the soccer federation’s Extraordinary General Assembly, where he had been widely expected to stand down but instead said multiple times he would not. The members of the federation who haven’t quit since then are backing him and the federation threatened legal action against Hermoso, accusing her of lying

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/27/europ...spt/index.html

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