The Forced Kiss Seen Round the World
The Waves: Gender, Relationships, Feminism
Slate Podcasts
4.2 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of The Waves, we’re talking about The Kiss. Scaachi Koul is joined by Women’s World Cup reporter for The Athletic and freelance sports reporter, Tamerra Griffin to talk about Spanish Soccer President, Luis Rubiales forcibly kissing player Jennifer Hermoso after Spain’s FIFA Women’s World Cup final win. They dig into the internal strife that was already going on within the Spanish team, Rubiales’s history of alleged misconduct, where the sport can go from here, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | We talk a lot today about sexual assault and harassment. I know a lot of things are about that, |
| 0:04.4 | but this episode is too, so listen with care. Welcome to the waves, Slate's podcast about the terror of gender, feminism, and today |
| 0:19.2 | the audacity of a man who looks like a melted Jason Statham candle. |
| 0:24.0 | Being a 46 year old man should be a felony. |
| 0:27.0 | Every week we talk about what fresh hell is being unleashed on the girls and the gays, |
| 0:31.0 | the days and thems, and anyone else similarly committed to a society free |
| 0:35.4 | of cis male dominance. I'm Saatch Cole, it's my last week hosting the waves |
| 0:40.0 | so I'm gonna work very hard to get in trouble. |
| 0:43.0 | What are they going to do? Fire me? |
| 0:46.0 | You heard that Spain won the Women's World Cup, right? |
| 0:49.0 | Spanish supporters erupted with joy at the final whistle as Spain won the 2023 Women's World Cup. |
| 0:56.1 | Spain's Olga-Carmona scored the only goal of the game in the first half. |
| 1:00.8 | It's a double achievement she says winning today and also motivating |
| 1:06.9 | more women to play soccer. The women on the Spanish team are obviously incredibly |
| 1:12.3 | impressive. Here's what it sounded like when they won. |
| 1:16.0 | From the corner, driven up. Coy grabs it. It is. Spain wins the World Cup. |
| 1:30.0 | Magic, right? |
| 1:31.0 | In another timeline in some other alternate reality, we are talking about how |
| 1:36.8 | this team won. We're talking about what it takes to be a World Cup athlete or about how much money you make as a World Cup winner or |
| 1:45.0 | about whichever one of the players is the hottest. That is what we deserve and I |
| 1:49.9 | am open to arguing about this later, just damn me. |
| 1:53.6 | But alas, we are in this timeline |
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