BY now, The Kiss seen round the world has been thoroughly analysed and mostly condemned, with many citizens protesting it as a power play - President Duterte taking advantage of his position to overwhelm an overseas Filipino worker into naively consenting to a very public kiss that she would describe later as "a once-in-a-lifetime experience."
The woman's consent was not the issue, critics said, but a president who felt his lofty post entitled him to certain perks from an adoring public, never mind if they humiliated or demeaned other parties.