weltschmerz
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 1, 2020 14:35:00 GMT -5
....or rather, the beatings. Russian advocates against domestic violence branded 'enemies of the family' Given the savagery of what Margarita Gracheva's husband did to her, you'd think Russian lawmakers would want to stop it from happening to other women. Instead, attitudes toward legislating tougher laws on domestic violence remain stuck in another century. Popova said that in 2017 Russia made the penalty for assaulting a spouse roughly the same as for a traffic infraction. "If you have the wrong parking [spot] in Moscow, you pay 5,000 rubles [$100 Cdn]. If you beat anyone inside your flat, it's 5,000 rubles," said Popova. "If you beat anyone inside your family, you just pay a fee. And the signal which our government sends to the perpetrators is that it's O.K., you can just pay a fee." The most formidable opponents (of domestic violence laws) have come from Russia's Orthodox church movements. "Those who are lobbying for this law are enemies of Russia, the enemies of the family," said Natalya Reutova, who spoke at the meeting. "This law can lead to the fact that our young generation will not want to create a family and bear children." www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-domestic-violence-1.5437241
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 1, 2020 14:48:25 GMT -5
Putin, Trump's good buddy, decriminalized domestic violence in 2017.
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mroped
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Post by mroped on Mar 1, 2020 15:26:21 GMT -5
It is no surprise to me that the Orthodox Church is against any laws condemning violence against women! The doctrine itself is very rigid and women are seen as secondary beings. Growing up I’ve seen it happening and being supported by the elderly. To them, the man of the family- husband/father- was the supreme authority and corporal punishment was just a way to educate or remind who’s in charge, who’s the decision maker. I was lucky that in our family, my grandmother on my father’s side was a woman that didn’t take shit from her husband. She wasn’t the educated kind but she stood up for herself and taught her three sons to treat their wife as equals. It is still acceptable to some extent to do that in Romania especially out in the boonies.
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