French President Emmanuel has downplayed viral videos with First Lady
French President Emmanuel Macron dismissed the concept of a plot after a viral video of his wife pushing him into his face.
A viral video that appears to be shoving her husband into her face is sparking a conversation about gender and physical encounters in relationships.
The clip was filmed after the couple landed in Hanoi, Vietnam as part of their tour of Southeast Asia. The video shows President Emmanuel Macron standing in the open doorway of an aircraft, as an out-of-frame hand pushed him away. The president immediately maintains his calmness to smile and waving before leaving the frame and later leaving the aircraft with his wife Bridget.
Macron dismissed speculation that the First Lady had pushed him in, and told reporters on May 26th they were just playful.
However, social media is debating whether a candid moment is considered very easy when roles are reversed and a male partner places his hands on the face of a female partner. The image has a harmful connotation, and the opposite is called a game.
“No matter how viral or light your partner is, it’s no joke to put your hand on them, and it’s not okay regardless of gender.”
“They’re also a part of the world,” said Dabney P. Evans, an associate professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
Rather, Evans says that this viral moment is an opportunity to discuss what is accepted and what is unrelated.
How does it react to that Macron video and why does it matter?
Laughtering around the short clips, others quickly dismissed it, but those reactions may say more about more people than about the French couple. This is an explanation of how couples expect men and women to behave, Evans said.
“Looking back at yourself, what judgments, assumptions and assumptions about a situation based on the image you saw, do you know what information about a person’s sexuality and gender identity?” she said. “This is a call to look back at what your reading is when you look at this kind of video and all the layers of information about gender relations… it’s automatically overlaid in a very simple few seconds snippet.”
And while both partners in a relationship can exhibit unhealthy behavior, some people usually have more power than others, Evans said. Physical actions could be a light-hearted moment, a self-defense response informed by trauma, or a more negative attempt to exert control, she said.
In any case, it is important to remember that you cannot actually know what is going on between the two partners. We should consider why we assume we do it, Evans said.
“Putting this into the world leaves the impression that it is always based on all the fundamental gender norms and expectations of the masculinity and femininity, strength and debilitating that surround us.”
