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| Friends, husbands, bosses harrasment is the domination |
"abolished the right to initiate criminal
complaints for sexual harassment; all complaints
have been canceled, and stalkers /rapists will not be prosecuted.
Women who filed suit are left with legal bills of 10,000 or20,000 euros.
It removed the right to complain and canceled all present
complaints because the law was "not good enough."
complaints because the law was "not good enough."
"The case against the law was
brought by a former MP, Gérard Ducray,
one of several French politicians
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| Gerard Ducray |
to face sexual harassment charges recently.
He was sentenced to a three-month suspended
sentence and fined 5,000 euros in 2011."
Apparently Ducray argued that the law was
"too open to interpretation and could lead to convictions
for “acceptable flirting”. Acceptable to whom?
It seems that Ducray has not evolved beyond the act of standing
upright.
"This is a true disaster for all victims. There is no worse scenario,"
said Gwendoline Fizaine, lawyer for the European Association
against Violence against Women at Work.
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| Susanna and the Elders by Artemisa Gentileschi, 1610 |
Back in the beginning of the 17th century,
a remarkably mature, 17 year old Artemisia Gentilischi
"depicts the biblical story of Susanna,
a virtuous young wife sexually harassed by
the elders of her community." What was shocking for the
art world at the time was that Artemesia "takes the female
perspective and portrays Susanna as vulnerable, frightened,
and repulsed by their demands." The male artists of the time
painted Susanna as "coyly flirtatious."
Perhaps some things take a little longer to change than others,
but to regress back to a time of no protection for women,
this is an atrocity.
My heart goes out to the women of France.
I think this law will be repealed.
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