Tuesday, August 29, 2023

What's Spanish for "Yuck!" ?

It seems that we talk about this sort of thing all the time, which is a sign that it happens far too often.

Did you see that awful scene from Spain in which Luis Rubiales, head of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, gave a forceful, unwanted kiss on the kisser to a member of that nation's championship soccer team?  And as they say, he is doubling down (the polite way of saying "Being even stupider"), saying on Friday that he will not resign.

The unwavering arrogance continues.

So, now the women on the team that won the Women’s World Cup say they will not take the field until he is gone. 

These women have a union! And the union issued a statement saying that the players will not get on a field to play for Spain “if the current managers continue.” Meanwhile, FIFA, the governing body of soccer worldwide, said it was suspending Rubiales from “all football-related activities at national and international level” for 90 days while disciplinary proceedings proceed.

It also reiterated that the victim of the assault, Jennifer Hermoso, said that “at no time did I consent to the kiss that he gave me.”

Rubiales, who really should learn to keep his mouth shut - literally and figuratively - argues that he was the victim of “social assassination,” and accuses his critics of "false feminism."

The players say his behavior violated the dignity of women and they expect "forceful answers from the public powers" to address the whole sorry event.

Earth to Rubiales:  Women are not here to be grabbed, osculated, and treated like possessions of men. They are to be treated with decency and respect. It's only right that you learn that, and demonstrate your newfound raised consciousness by resigning in disgrace and doing something else somewhere else.

 

 



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