President Groped

Misogyny and sexual assault on women have become a deeply ingrained male perversion across the globe.

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Neither the so-called developed nor developing countries are immune to this vice which does not seem to accept geographical frontiers. But when the body of the highest functionary of a country - a President - is subjected to similar violation in full public view, it means something is terribly wrong in the male psyche that centuries of education and refinement have failed to redress. No wonder the recent sexual assault on Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, has caused outrage domestically and internationally. A drunken man tried to kiss her neck and grabbed her chest from behind as she spoke to citizens in the capital's streets while making a shortcut to a ministry building. The horrendous crime was captured on camera and the picture went viral as proof that no woman is safe. The fact that even the most powerful person of a country was not spared by a man who felt entitled to grope her in public shows how deep rooted the malaise is. The remark of Sheinbaum herself said it all when she wondered, "If they do this to the President, then what will happen to all the young women in our country?"