{"id":236040,"date":"2023-09-19T10:35:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T10:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=236040"},"modified":"2023-09-19T10:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T10:35:11","slug":"shock-moment-sexist-portuguese-president-points-out-womans-cleavage-in-front-of-her-mum-jokes-shell-catch-a-cold-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/shock-moment-sexist-portuguese-president-points-out-womans-cleavage-in-front-of-her-mum-jokes-shell-catch-a-cold-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock moment \u2018sexist\u2019 Portuguese president points out woman\u2019s cleavage in front of her mum & jokes \u2018she\u2019ll catch a cold\u2019 | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIS is the shocking moment the "sexist" Portuguese president pointed at a woman's cleavage in front of her mum before telling her "she'll catch a cold".<\/p>\n

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, 74, made the grim comment during an official visit to Canada on Friday.<\/p>\n


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On his walk around Toronto, the president was greeted by a mum and daughter of Portuguese origin.<\/p>\n

The pair held up their phones as they filmed Sousa, laughing and smiling while speaking to him in Portuguese.<\/p>\n

But things quickly take a turn when the old leader raises his hand and points towards the young girl in front of the crowd of people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe daughter is more beautiful than the mother,\u201d Sousa said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut the daughter might catch the flu, yet. Have you seen her cleavage?\u201d he added, before walking away and smiling to himself.<\/p>\n

He wraps his arm around a woman's shoulder as he laughs at his comment before the shocking footage ends.<\/p>\n

Sousa's words have been heavily criticised by other politicians outside his party.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe should apologise. Sexism is killing us. It\u2019s not a joke,\u201d said Isabel Moreira, a Socialist Party MP.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is 2023. You can\u2019t just walk up to a woman you don\u2019t know and make a \u2018joke\u2019 about her weight or about her cleavage,\u201d Moreira added.<\/p>\n

She was making a reference to another situation that unfolded just last week when Sousa offered a woman a chair, only to moments later ask: \u201cDo you think it will hold?\u201d<\/p>\n

But the president denied any wrongdoing when confronted by reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a sexist comment. I didn\u2019t think of it like that and neither did the young woman or the old ladies. It wasn\u2019t sexist at all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Many have hit back at Sousa however, calling his comments "regrettable" and of "poor taste".<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, the\u00a0president talks too much and doesn\u2019t say what he should,\u201d Manuela Silva, Director of the Democratic Women\u2019s Movement, told local media.<\/p>\n

She added that his remarks were made in a\u00a0\u201clighthearted manner that undermines the dignity of women.\u201d<\/p>\n

"There\u2019s a set of rights that have been won by women that are not being fulfilled, and this is what should concern the President, not poor taste jokes\u2026 I think he comes across very poorly,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

Sousa was visiting Toronto to have talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about resolving the situation of the "tens of thousands" of Portuguese people who work in Canada but remain in illegal conditions.<\/p>\n

"They are working hard in Canada, and I think there is a great openness from the Canadian Government to solve the problem", Sousa told reporters.<\/p>\n

It comes after Formula One's governing body leaped to the defence of President Mohammed Ben Sulayem after sexist comments on his own website resurfaced earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Sulayem was quoted as saying "women who think they are smarter than men, for they are not in truth" in a post on a personal website that appeared to have been published in 2001.<\/p>\n

And in 2018, Atletico Madrid's president sparked controversy over "sexist" comments he made to a female journalist.<\/p>\n

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