Outrage over public assault on Mexico's president

The groping of Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, by a man in public has sparked outrage among women in the country, many of whom saw their own fears and experiences reflected in her plight.

- Oscar Lopez

The incident took place on Tuesday while Sheinbaum was walking through a crowd in Mexico City. The man tried to kiss her on the neck and embraced her from behind before she removed his hands and an aide stepped in.

The man was later arrested and Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that she would press charges.

"This is something I experienced as a woman but it is something that all women in our country experience," she said in her daily press conference.

"If I don't file a complaint, where does that leave all Mexican women? If they do this to the president, what happens to all the other women in the country?"

For some women, watching the country's first female president being groped by a man in public was a personal affront.

"If the president suffered assault with that level of protection and those guards it means that all of us women can be assaulted at any moment," said Patricia Reyes, a 20-year-old student.