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.

  • frog_brawler@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    Yea… I’m with the incels that don’t really understand the point. If murder was already a crime that would be punished by life in prison, narrowing the specificity of who was murdered doesn’t change much of anything.

    “Cool, if it makes you happy I guess 👍”

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      23 hours ago

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

      Read?

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        Neither stalking nor revenge porn should count as gender-based violence. It is gender violence if it’s strictly based on because of someone’s gender with no other motivation.

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        My comment is very clearly specifically in reference to the term “femicide” and the official recognition of it within Italian law. It’s murder. If a woman kills another woman, it is not a femicide, that’s just a murder… the penalty is the same in the end… right??? Overall, it seems a relatively unnecessary level of specificity.

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      Yea… I’m with the incels

      If you ever find yourself uttering this sentence you really wanna rethink your stance

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        15 hours ago

        I am with Hitler on treating animals better. So what? If you care where a stance comes from rather than what it stands for, you are an ignoramus.

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            He supported it. And there probably isn’t just one originator for most stances. Multiple people can form the same ideas.

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              weird hill but ok.

              Like, If I support animal rights I’d just say “I support animal rights” I won’t say “I’m with hitler on animal rights”

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                If you ever find yourself uttering this sentence you really wanna rethink your stance

                I am making fun of your hill ;D Seems it is effective :D

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        I agree with doctors that vaccines save lives, so I’ll be taking that free medical degree now.

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        Spot on! That’s exactly how agreeing with people works!

        When I agree with women, I turn into a woman! When I agree with doctors, I become a doctor!