Editorial: The indefensible behaviour of Luis Rubiales can become a catalyst for change in a country where a culture of ‘machismo’ is still entrenched
they had been pressured to sit on the front row. Amid widespread public revulsion, many of those present U-turned within hours, and said their president should resign after all.
Mr Rubiales has proved himself a narcissistic, confrontational bully. Having overstepped professional boundaries in such a grotesque fashion, it is inconceivable that he should remain the institutional face of Spanish football. Theof the women’s World Cup squad has said that it will go on strike while Mr Rubiales stays in post. It would have been helpful if more high-profile male players had offered support.
Once that happens – as surely it will – Mr Rubiales’s arrogance may eventually be seen to have done women’s football, and Spain more generally, a favour. In theof Yolanda Díaz, a deputy prime minister in Spain’s caretaker government, the past week has egregiously laid bare “the worst of Spanish society, of the structural machismo of this country”.
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