The huge outcry in Spain over football federation chief Luis Rubiales' forcible kiss of World Cup player Jenni Hermoso highlights the waning power of male chauvinism in a country that has become a benchmark for feminism, experts say.
Protestors hold a sign reading 'Rubiales and macho mafia out' during a demonstration called by feminist associations in support to Spain's midfielder Jenni Hermoso, in Madrid on Monday, Aug. 28.
Ines Alberdi, a Spanish sociologist who specializes in women's rights, said Rubiales' speech in which he refused to resign was"incredible", and showed how"he doesn't realize at all" the seriousness of his actions. Marina Subirats, former director of Spain's Women's Institute which fights for gender equality, called Rubiales a"typical male chauvinist" with the"vocabulary and gestures that go with that".
And last year, the government reformed the criminal code to define all non-consensual sex as rape in a move responding to the nationwide outcry and mass street protests provoked by a horrific gang rape in 2016. "It is easier to change a law than a culture," the government's top gender violence official Victoria Rosell told public radio.
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