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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was sexually harassed in public. She’s not letting the matter slide. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Another day, another example of the audacity of man. But this time, there will be consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum<\/a> was sexually harassed<\/a> on Tuesday by a drunken man while traveling from one meeting to the next. What should have been a brief, uneventful walk and an opportunity to speak with her constituents became an example of the sort of aggressive impropriety women grapple with daily, as the man attempted to kiss her and hold her from behind \u2013 all while in front of a small crowd of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the moment, Sheinbaum did what many of us women do to diffuse discomfort and mitigate the very real danger<\/a> of rejecting men: She kept calm, and even kept smiling.<\/p>\n\n\n

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But ultimately, she is having none of it. Instead, she\u2019s pressing charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a press conference Wednesday, Sheinbaum made clear her intent to take her harasser to court, in service of saying a \u201cloud and clear \u2018no\u2019\u201d to such treatment. \u201cA woman\u2019s personal space must not be violated,\u201d Sheinbaum stated. \u201cI decided to press charges because this is something that I experienced as a woman \u2013 that we as women experience in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Mexico, roughly half<\/a> of girls and women report experiencing some form of sexual harassment or violence \u2013 a problem that\u2019s exacerbated by few legal protections and a dearth in funding for programs and services that support victims. Sheinbaum has vowed to review<\/a> both pain points following her own incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet that harassment figure, experts say, likely fails to represent the full scope of the problem, as many such cases go unreported. Indeed, feelings of shame, or a lack of power \u2013 especially in workplace settings, where power dynamics are taken advantage of and professional consequences for speaking out come into play \u2013 often keep women silent about their mistreatment, studies show<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which turns Sheinbaum\u2019s decision to pursue the matter publicly into a critical inflection point around men\u2019s entitlement<\/a>. Because, as she noted during her press conference: \u201cIf this is done to the president, what is going to happen to all of the young women in our country?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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