Fifa has suspended Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities following his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
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      271 year ago

      Restraining someone else’s head with both hands and kissing on the lips without consent - an action that not only disrespects physical boundaries, but also psychological and neurochemical boundaries, sounds a lot like sexual assault to me.

      If it was the player’s cheek or hand, then IMO your argument would make much more sense. This isn’t the case here, and sexual assault includes a lot more than forced penetration.

      As far as the law is concerned, it’s sufficiently open ended AFAICT and leaves the definition up to the individual affected.

      https://eige.europa.eu/gender-based-violence/regulatory-and-legal-framework/legal-definitions-in-the-eu/spain-sexual-assault-excl-rape?language_content_entity=en

    • @RobertOwnageJunior
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      131 year ago

      How is it not sexual if a grown man kisses a grown woman and they are not in any way related?

        • stopthatgirl7OP
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          Yeah, never once have my French friends grabbed me by the head by both hands and kissed me full on the lips as a greeting.

        • @[email protected]
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          1 year ago

          Do you know what consent is?

          Consent - When two parties agree that an action is OK to preform.

          In the case of the French, the consent to kiss others comes from their culture / societal norms that make kissing as a greeting ok. The same cannot be said about Spain and especially the situation they were in.

        • @[email protected]
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          81 year ago

          “Certain people in France do this too, so this should be universally accepted behaviour. I am really smart”