President of Spanish football looks increasingly isolated as demands for his resignation grow
On Friday, as Rubiales railed against “fake feminism”, he pointed proudly to his three daughters who sat in the audience, addressing them directly as he battled for his job.
As the many reporters camped out outside the church offer a running broadcast of the lock-in, the attention may be helping to put in play what Kate Manne, an associate professor at Cornell University“himpathy” – an operation that sees powerful and privileged men garner sympathy and support over their female victims.
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