The behavior of Luis Rubiales since his unwanted kiss of Spanish champion Jenni Hermoso has reduced what ought to be a magnificent achievement in women’s soccer to a puerile showdown, exposing the misogyny still rampant in this sport, writes Holly Thomas.
It’s been more than a week since Spain’s historic victory over England in the Women’s World Cup final, and the woman now on everyone’s lips was nowhere near the pitch that day. The spotlight is on Ángeles Béjar, the mother of Royal Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales. Rubiales has been suspended by
, soccer’s world governing body, after giving an unwanted kiss on the mouth to star player Jennifer Hermoso at the medal ceremony. Rubiales has described the kiss as “mutual,” whereas Hermoso said on social media she was the “victim of an impulse-driven, sexist, out of place act without any consent on my part.
finally got around to instituting the first Women’s World Cup in 1991 — but while classes were paused to watch the men’s England team take on Brazil in the 2002 quarterfinals, women’s contests passed by unnoticed. Girls did not play soccer at my school, and it would never have occurred to me to seek out a women’s match on my own time. Fast forward a few decades.
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