2025-11-20
22 分钟This is The Guardian.
Today, will a sexual assault caught on camera mark a turning point for Mexico's women?
It's the middle of the day on a street in downtown Mexico City.
and a woman is standing, chatting to a group of people.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a man stumbles up to her.
Without saying a word, he starts grabbing at her from behind,
trying to kiss her neck, his hands on her body and chest.
The whole thing is so casual.
It's gross.
But it's a scene that will be familiar to a lot of women listening.
Yet what's also shocking is that this woman is one of the most powerful people in the world.
The woman being assaulted is Claudia Schoenbaum, Mexico's president.
So you can actually see the video of those three seconds where the guy is trying to kiss the president and how she reacts quite gracefully.
Is that quite strongly but gracefully?
She just removes his hands.
A few seconds where your body isn't yours.
What you think, what you want, it doesn't matter.
If this is happening to the president,
Can you imagine the types of things that are happening to women with less power?
Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a woman.