Sky News Daily #SeAcabó: How the World Cup kiss sparked Spain's MeToo moment
Aug 30, 2023
22:09
Since their World Cup victory, the Spanish team's success has been overshadowed by Spanish football president Luis Rubiales non-consensually kissing player Jenni Hermoso.
Hermoso described the actions of Rubiales as an "impulse-driven, sexist out-of-place act without any consent". Rubiales denies this and says it was "spontaneous" and "mutual".
The kiss has caused a backlash across football and in Spain, where protesters have called for action "to demand a sport free of sexist violence".
On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to football commentator and founding member of Women in Football, Jacqui Oatley about how far the treatment and representation of women in the sport has come, and how far it still has to go.
Plus, Spanish journalist Maria Ramírez on why the kiss has sparked its own hashtag #SeAcabó and a MeToo moment that reaches far beyond football.
Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott
Interviews producer: Alex Edden
Senior podcast producer: Annie Joyce
Podcast promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Philly Beaumont
Hermoso described the actions of Rubiales as an "impulse-driven, sexist out-of-place act without any consent". Rubiales denies this and says it was "spontaneous" and "mutual".
The kiss has caused a backlash across football and in Spain, where protesters have called for action "to demand a sport free of sexist violence".
On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to football commentator and founding member of Women in Football, Jacqui Oatley about how far the treatment and representation of women in the sport has come, and how far it still has to go.
Plus, Spanish journalist Maria Ramírez on why the kiss has sparked its own hashtag #SeAcabó and a MeToo moment that reaches far beyond football.
Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott
Interviews producer: Alex Edden
Senior podcast producer: Annie Joyce
Podcast promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Philly Beaumont