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.

  • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    215·
    8 hours ago

    They’re a protected class because they’re singled out for violence because of their class. And it’s a real world problem not a logic quiz. Misogyny and misandry are not equivalent in reality the way they are in the dictionary.

    • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      5 hours ago

      Does that make hate crime murder against men less worth prosecuting as such? Why shouldn’t the legal definition be symmetrical?

        • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 hour ago

          Idk probably less and so the law against hate crimes for men would be used less than the one against them for women. Again, why would you not treat them the same in each individual case? If 80% of thievery was committed against women, would you not also prosecute the 20% committed against men just the same?

    • RamRabbit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      105·
      7 hours ago

      If someone murdered a male due to their sex, would you treat that any differently than someone murdering a female due to their sex?