Spain: The kiss and the culture war

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When Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso after her team’s world cup victory last summer, it set a match to Spanish gender relations. On every chat show, on every campus, in every couple’s bedroom, arguments started - does a kiss count as sexual violence? What is consent? Has feminism gone too far? 53% of Spaniards think it has, and that it is discriminating against men. Now, Rubiales is facing criminal trial. “Se acabó” (it’s over) trended after the kiss, but this battle is far from over. For Assignment, Sofia Bettiza travels to Madrid to hear how the Rubiales case tapped into a rift in Spanish society that has been splitting further apart for decades. Presenter: Sofia Bettiza Producer: Ellie House Series Editor: Penny Murphy Studio Manager: Neil Churchill Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman (Image: A protester holding up a red card reading “1 Feminisme - 0 Masclisme.” Credit: David Ramos/Getty Images)