While women still struggle for equality in Spanish soccer, the reaction, in Spain and beyond, to the globally televised kiss has been widespread condemnation.
Fans at men’s games last weekend in the hugely popular La Liga chanted for Rubiales to go, while hundreds rallied in downtown Madrid in support ofRubiales had the chance to step down on Friday. Instead, he delivered a tirade to his federation members, claiming to be the victim of a witch hunt by “false feminists.”, Rubiales has found himself out of step with the country’s rapidly changing social mores.
Marisa Soleto, president of the feminist Women’s Foundation, said the country has undergone a seismic shift in recent years. Lisa Banks, a Washington-based civil rights and employment attorney, said the Rubiales kiss was a “learning moment … for men in power, for men in sports, that an assault is an assault, even if it happens in a moment of jubilation.”
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