{"id":144309,"date":"2018-06-21T11:26:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T11:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/world-cup-2018-female-reporter-groped-and-kissed-on-air\/"},"modified":"2018-06-21T11:26:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T11:26:32","slug":"world-cup-2018-female-reporter-groped-and-kissed-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/world-cup-2018-female-reporter-groped-and-kissed-on-air\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2018: Female reporter groped and kissed on air"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image caption "This one went too far," Gonzalez Theran said about the on-air groping incident <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A female reporter groped live on air at the World Cup has spoken out about harassment by sports fans.<\/p>\n

Colombian correspondent Julieth Gonzalez Theran was working for DW Espanol in Moscow when a man grabbed her breast and kissed her cheek.<\/p>\n

She continued her report without interruption but has since addressed the incident online.<\/p>\n

"We do not deserve this treatment," Gonzalez Theran said. "We are equally valuable and professional."<\/p>\n

She told her employer, Deutsche Welle, she had been on the scene for two hours preparing for the broadcast.<\/p>\n

"When we went live, this fan took advantage of the situation," she said. "But afterwards, when I checked to see if he was still there, he was gone." <\/p>\n

The incident happened last week in the city of Saransk ahead of the Russia-Saudi Arabia game. DW posted posted the footage on social media, calling it an "attack" and "blatant harassment".<\/p>\n

Skip Twitter post by @dw_sports <\/p>\n

\n

A DW reporter was sexually harassed while covering the #WorldCup. @JULIETHCGT was kissed, groped by a man while reporting from Moscow.
The incident can be seen here (00:13).
Sexual harassment is not okay. It needs to stop. In football, and elsewhere.pic.twitter.com\/O0S1a1F4Es<\/p>\n

\u2014 DW Sports (@dw_sports) June 20, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Report <\/p>\n

End of Twitter post by @dw_sports<\/p>\n

Many online commentators, however, downplayed the incident. One labelled the criticism as "feminist hysteria", and others suggested the kiss should be seen as a "welcome" or a "compliment".<\/p>\n

Gonzalez Theran continued to speak out about her treatment on Twitter, retweeting messages of support from her colleagues.<\/p>\n

"This is not funny," DW presenter Cristina Cubas tweeted. "It's not a kiss. It's a non-consenting attack."<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, almost a week after the incident happened, DW published an article about the controversy, in which Germany's first female national league referee branded the behaviour "unacceptable".<\/p>\n

"For me it is an isolated incident," Gonzalez Theran said. "There are always fans that compliment you and behave respectfully. This one went too far."<\/p>\n

Harassment of female reporters is not uncommon in sports reporting.<\/p>\n

In March, a group of 52 Brazilian reporters launched a campaign showcasing incidents of being kissed and groped by fans and athletes, which they called #DeixaElaTrabalhar - or "Let her work".<\/p>\n

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Media captionSports journalist Bibiana Bolson: 'They try to kiss us and to hug and to touch us'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last year, tennis player Maxime Hamou was banned from the French Open after forcibly kissing a female reporter during a live TV interview.<\/p>\n

"If I hadn't been live on air, I would have punched him," the reporter, Maly Thomas, later said.<\/p>\n

Other women working at the World Cup have also been facing criticism or abuse off-camera- and particularly online.<\/p>\n

German football commentator Claudia Neumann has received extensive criticism on social media for her work, which her employer and colleagues have dismissed as sexist.<\/p>\n

In the UK, the BBC's Vicki Sparks faced similar online abuse when she made history as the first female World Cup commentator on British television on Wednesday - but was widely well-received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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