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Fifa suspends Luis Rubiales from all football-related activity over Hermoso kiss
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2023
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Let's not sugar coat this. It wasn't a kiss, it was sexual assault. Don't let these twats get away with this bullshit.
Isn't that going a little far? Not defending the guy, it's gross and super inappropriate. But a simple kiss is hardly sexual. Basically every child ever is kissed against their will by older relatives and nobody bats an eye.
Fire the guy, ban him from football for life, but does he need to be arrested? He's not going around groping strangers. He just apparently does gross, stupid shit when he's excited.
That is also assault, and the attitude that it's ok because the victims are too young to understand bodily autonomy is disgusting regardless of how widespread it is.
Did I say it was ok? That's gross and inappropriate in my opinion, too. But it still happens and nobody cares. And yeah, it could be considered assault. But it's not sexual.