Both in the act of touching the reporter's ass and in the gesture afterwards, that of patting her head condescendingly, there is something that is conspicuous by its absence: respect.
It is unlikely that whoever attacked Isa Balado will understand anything. Rubiales syndrome. Hitting him in the butt is serious. There has been plenty of talk about it. But the affection in his head for her is also socially denounceable. She has not had as much echo on the networks, but the gesture denotes a girl, it has been nothing; wow, baby, forgive me; It will soon pass; It was stupid, but it's no big deal; You don't have to get things out of hand; I'm sorry, but if you hadn't provoked me by being on the same sidewalk as me...; a pampering of a dog; zero respect, and a yes, Nacho Abad, I'm an idiot, just as you say. That caress in the hair is a textbook fauxpology (false apology).
Abad is the presenter of En boca de todos, which covered the attack live. Having someone as a presenter who is not actually one, who does not have a license, allows us to not demand the professionalism that would have prevented the viewer from hearing him say that “this guy is stupid, this guy is an idiot.”
“I haven't touched your ass. Or if? Sorry, I didn't want to touch your ass.” She denies the evidence. Afterwards she accepts it, but just a little. “Tell the truth,” the attacker later replies to the reporter. She is the mother of Rubiales claiming her from Hermoso. It's that gag of Faemino trying to convince a tired policeman that he's not smoking in a prohibited area while he's blowing more smoke than an Apache's telegram.
But the program and the presenter make a mistake when they stretch out the gum and make way for the reporter again, uncomfortable since with a nervous laugh she knows that the slap on the ass will make her go viral. “She has made me quite nervous and I don't like it…” says the journalist before the individual approaches her again. It would be better to protect her and not expose her further. @MarcCebrians highlights it. Respect also means not putting her through her predicament again.
“It is a television program taking advantage of a sexual assault on its reporter,” says @joeldiazbrah.
The Police arrest the aggressor and publish images. “Do you touch a woman's ass on the street? You go handcuffed to the dungeon. “Wonderful,” says @NachoCarretero. At least Faemino is saved from the dungeon by being a Kierkegaard reader. The other, even if he sat down, wouldn't stop thinking with his ass.
There will be those who consider that the arrest is exaggerated. Hyperbolic is feeling unpunished by attacking in front of a camera.
