The one question we shouldn’t be asking about THAT World Cup kiss…
…is ‘What about the male jockey kissed on the lips by a female horse owner?’, says psychologist Dr Jessica Taylor
In a weirdly interesting timing of events, the same week Spanish football official Luis Rubiales kissed World Cup winner Jennifer Hermoso without consent, a story began circulating online that “Jockey Sean Kirrane was left ‘surprised’ by a shock kiss from horse owner Jolene De’Lemos after he won the Ebor Festival by a length”.
It was reported that Kirrane was “taken aback by the quick scene and had a smile on his face as he basked in his moment of glory”.
Now, it’s important to point out that Kirrane has not complained or reported the kiss as non-consensual, as a sexual assault or as harmful. But the internet never skips a beat when there is an opportunity to cry “what about men”, does it?
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