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

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.

    • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
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      4 months ago

      How does making it a hate crime to kill men because of their gender take away from it being a hate crime to kill women because of their gender?

      Do you think killing a white person because of their race shouldn’t be a hate crime?

        • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          Your offer of a better solution is to charge the act of killing someone because of who they are or what they believe should be a hate crime.

          If more men commit hate crimes against women than women committing hate crimes against men, then there will be more men charged with hate crimes than women.

            • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
              2·
              4 months ago

              My point was that anyone who harms someone else based on who they are or what they believe (so long as those beliefs aren’t hurting others) should be charged with a hate crime.

              The legal system isn’t a zero sum game. There’s no reason to treat the crimes differently.

              Plus, if you want to talk about disparities in the legal system, woman already, on average, get less time than men for the same crimes.

                • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
                  2·
                  4 months ago

                  You’re making some wildly baseless assumptions about me, buddy.

                  I’m not the one saying that men being killed for their gender is a less serious crime than it happening to a woman.

                  Also, you’re literally advocating for women to be sentenced less harshly for the exact same crime.

                  There’s certainly a sexist here, but it’s definitely not me. You don’t combat inequality with more inequality.