Kate Linthicum

At a certain point, a man approached from behind and very quickly slipped his arm around her shoulder, leaned in and kissed her neck, and then put his arms around her and briefly groped her chest before her aides pulled him away.

There was a sense when she arrived in this position that it was a real victory for women and showed how women here had made strides.

And to see her humiliated like this in public really showed a lot of people that harassment of women is still very common in Mexico, that if this could happen to the president of a country, it could happen to anyone, and it in fact does.

This is a country where 10 women or girls are killed on average every day.

So this is exactly what the country is kind of grappling with.

Feminist social movements have gained tremendous ground in Mexico in recent years.

The Me Too movement in the United States also resonated here.

There are massive feminist protests every spring.

And, you know, Shane Baum's victory in the 2024 presidential election really highlighted the strides that women have made in Mexican politics.

And that is why this is so shocking to people, is that even though you have women who've reached the highest levels of office here, they continue to be the victims of this kind of harassment.