I was cooking in the kitchen the other night with the radio playing not really paying attention to it, but my subconscious must have been listening because suddenly something they were saying came to my attention. Because we have been talking about feminism in class, when I heard that word said on the radio my ears automatically piped up so I further investigated it and found there was a new law passed in France banning psychological violence between married or cohabitating couples. A person could end up with a criminal record for insulting their spouse. This was part of the article I found in the daily mail for the UK:
“The law is expected to cover every kind of insult including repeated rude remarks about a partner’s appearance, false allegations of infidelity and threats of physical violence.
Police are being urged to issue a caution in the first instance, but repeat offenders could face a fine, a restraining order or even jail.
Critics said the measure was a gimmick produced in response to lobbying by feminists and would be impossible to implement.
But French premier Francois Fillon, who announced the law, said: ‘The creation of this offence will allow us to deal with the most insidious situations – situations that leave no visible scars, but which leave victims torn up inside.’”
I just thought this was an interesting instance of feminism that I could share.
2026 Goals Check-In #2
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Well, here we are in May already! This year seems to be flying by! I wanted
to do another check-in on how things have been going over the last few
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This is rather interesting. It's true though that much discrimmination to women is not phsyical, rather psychological. Yes, some women are beated and abused, but mentally verbal abuse can be just as and if not worst. How one talks and addresses a women was a huge part of patriarchy, which was usually women in silence. So I found this article very interesting!
ReplyDeleteI think that it is awesome that other areas of violence are being looked into. But on the other hand, I'm worried this one will prove some problems, like being hard to prove. But overall, very interesting!
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