Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales has admitted he “made a mistake” by giving Spain star Jennifer Hermoso a surprise kiss on the lips after the 33-year-old received her gold medal following the team’s Women’s World Cup final victory over England on Sunday.
Rubiales has faced widespread criticism for the incident, with politicians and journalists labeling his behavior “unacceptable” and “simply disgusting.”
I think what the other people are alluding to is the power imbalance here is what takes this from inappropriate to scandalous - that’s my take on it, anyway…
I feel the need to clarify that inappropriate is still an offence and technically this is assault, but the level of pressure to not make a scene is the ‘multiplier’ (on the scale of wrongness - sorry, my metaphors aren’t working today)