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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.

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[–] ISuperabound@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Are you the layer for this commenter? “I know you are but what am I” doesn’t interest me, as a rhetorical tactic. Speak for yourself.

Yes, the law is discriminatory. Men and women are different, and we should discriminate between them in terms of culpability for murder - when appropriate. In this instance it’s appropriate because there’s an outsized number of women being targeted for their gender.

No, removing gender from a law designed to address a gender issue would discriminate against the gender it’s trying to protect. I’m guessing you were trying to say does it discriminate against men: no, it doesn’t.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Are you the layer for this commenter?

I don't know what you're trying to say here, but it seems you're doubling down on inserting ideas that weren't implied: strawman fallacy.

Yes, the law is discriminatory.

Then it's unjust.

Men and women are different

It may come as a shock to you there are other genders in the world.

we should discriminate between them in terms of culpability for murder - when appropriate

Never appropriate: generalization achieves the same.

removing gender from a law designed to address a gender issue would discriminate against the gender it’s trying to protect

Not in the slightest: "higher penalties for murdering someone because of their gender" increases the penalties for femicide. What is your valid objection against that?

I’m guessing you were trying to say does it discriminate against men

Nope: your mindreading fails again. The text we write states what we mean. Try working on your reading comprehension & not jumping to conclusions.

[–] ISuperabound@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

There’s nothing interesting to me in this comment. You seem more concerned with semantics and self-assurance than engaging with the issue.

I said what I mean and I have nothing more to add.