Shouting at your wife may get you a criminal record in France
Married couples in France could end up with criminal records for insulting each other during arguments.Under a new law, France is to become the first country in the world to ban ' psychological violence' within marriage. The law would apply to cohabiting couples and to both men and women.
during arguments could get criminal records under a new French law.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said electronic tagging would be used on repeat offenders
It would cover men who shout at their wives and women who hurl abuse at their husbands - although it was not clear last night if nagging would be viewed as breaking the law.
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.'
Many believe the offence will be impossible to prove.
Psychologist Anne Giraud said: 'Squabbling couples will allege all kinds of things about each other, but often it will be a case of one person's word against the other.'
Sociologist Pierre Bonnet said: 'The next step will be to make rudeness a criminal offence. The police and courts will be over-stretched trying to deal with numerous cases.'
A spokesman for Mr Fillon said the law was supported by the government, and was likely to be implemented within six months.
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3 comments:
Will men be able to call the police when women withhold sex? This, in my opinion, is also psychological violence...
- Jim, Fredericksburg, VA, USA, 07/1/2010
This law wont do anything, its a waste of time, its just an arguement. Do you know what actually happens in the world outside your own life???
There is a difference between a disagreement in day to day life and feeling like you can't say a word because not only is your self esteem demolished but your afriad of losing it all if you speak out, your friends, your family, your kids, a place to sleep or even your life.
This law will protect that woman you see being chased down the street by her boyfriend in the car hurling abuse, it will protect the man who has his belongings thrown out of the window of the house by his wife shouting out the window, the woman who is harrassed by her partner over the phone at work telling her when she comes home he will bash her to death or take her kids.
If you can't figure the difference between abuse and an arguement don't bother commenting on a law that extends beyond your own common sence
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