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A TIMELINE OF MEN'S APOLOGY: Sincerity or Quick Getaway?

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  Image of Miss Universe contestants (2025) walking out in solidarity with Miss Mexico. 📷: people.com When we talk about apology, the first thing that comes to our mind is penitence, someone feeling sorry for their actions. However , for many men, apology is just a quick getaway from accountability. They've said sorry so they expect it to all go away. The recent case with the miss Universe, 2025 highlighted this. Mr Nawat, the director of the pre pageant orientation in Thailand was wrath with Ms Fátima Bosch (Miss Mexico) for not participating in a group photo which wasn't mandatory. And when she tried explaining, he decided to rain a torrent of sexist rhetorics on her.  He called her dumb and told her to shut up and be respectful to him as he did not give her permission to speak.  She told him he had no respect for her as a woman who why expect same from her? Enraged by her refusal to act passive and submissive, he decided to humiliate her further by asking that she be ...