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Italy’s parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison.

The vote coincided with the international day for the elimination of violence against women, a day designated by the U.N. General Assembly.

The law won bipartisan support from the center-right majority and the center-left opposition in the final vote in the Lower Chamber, passing with 237 votes in favor.

The law, backed by the conservative government of Premier Giorgia Meloni, comes in response to a series of killings and other violence targeting women in Italy. It includes stronger measures against gender-based crimes including stalking and revenge porn.

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[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (21 children)

These comments seem to be full of the same people who misunderstand that the word “racism” describes a massive cultural and societal issue that affects people in large, hidden ways throughout their life, rather than using bad words.

If they had a problem in Italy of men being murdered for not being obedient, it might be worth considering broadening the scope of this classification.

This does not even target the perpetrators as a class (even though we can probably guess a general demographic), just classifies the crime according to what has happened to the victim, and why. This is the same for all hate crimes that are prevalent enough to warrant it. Imo it is the culture and society that makes it a hate crime, not just the intent.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I find it amazing that half the threads on this post I can't open because they're being piled on by people I've already blocked on lemmy. 🙄

Men with sexual insecurity is a driving force of contention and violent politics in this entire world. If you read that special protections are being made for a class of people who are suffering dis-fucking-proportionally and you say "What about meeeeee?" to it, you need to get your shit together. You're not healthy.

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[–] Realspecialguy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (7 children)

"Femicide" so... murder? Yeah, hasnt "life" been the typical punishment for murder? (Life is usually 25years) .

Did they not already recognize murder of women should be treated like murder?

Victims of relationships violence (myself), stalking and harassment (myself), should have justice. Unfortunately, I dont hear much about the men who suffer from this type of violence.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Did you even read the header? It was more than just murder.

It includes stronger measures against gender-based crimes including stalking and revenge porn

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[–] jpeps@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Maybe I'm wrong but I'm interpreting this being in the vein of a crime being murder, but potentially also a hate crime. The motivation of a crime is part of its definition and affects sentencing especially in tertiary cases eg attempted murder, manslaughter etc.

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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 7 points 1 week ago

Too bad that this government also slashed the funds for shelters for women and forbade affective education in primary and middle school. Not to mention cops ignoring calls from women who're being stalked or harassed and not intervening when a man remove his ankle monitor to circumvene a restrictive order.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

At this point just make a "hate crime" and misogyny fall under this but NO!

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