You Do Not Want to be a Woman in Italy

[daisylu]

This is beyond gross. As a large chested woman I have often had people brush my breasts, both accidentally and purposely, so I can understand how some things can get blown out of proportion. But this was CLEARLY not accidental, and between a 17YO and 66YO AT SCHOOL. 

A judge in Italy has ruled that groping is not a crime if it lasts less than 10 seconds.



The ruling this week was in response to an April 2022 incident involving a 17-year-old student at a Rome high school and a 66-year-old school caretaker, identified as Antonio Avola, according to BBC News.



The woman, now 18 and identified only as Laura, was walking up some steps to class when the incident occurred, the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera reported. She felt her pants fall down, a hand touching her buttocks, and then a man grabbing her underwear, BBC News reported.



According to the media outlet, the student turned around and saw Avola, who said: "Love, you know I was joking."



The student reported him to the police.



Avola later admitted to touching the student without her consent, but said it was a joke, BBC News reported.



The groping lasted for between five and 10 seconds, per Corriere Della Sera.



A public prosecutor in Rome had asked for a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence for Avola, but he was acquitted of sexual assault charges.



A judge ruled that the groping "does not constitute a crime" because it lasted less than 10 seconds, per BBC News.






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[swamp]

I can get groped in the USA and shafted by the court system as well.

At least the food is better in Italy. 

[daisylu]

This was a child in high school groped by a janitor, who received no punishment even though he admitted that he did it. 

[billisonboard]

Jul 13, 2023 13:59:30 GMT -5 daisylu said:

This was a child in high school groped by a janitor, who received no punishment even though he admitted that he did it. 

Yeah, that was clearly stated in the OP. I wonder what the expectation is for responses on threads like this.

[swamp]

Jul 13, 2023 13:59:30 GMT -5 daisylu said:

This was a child in high school groped by a janitor, who received no punishment even though he admitted that he did it. 

Yup.  And crap like that happens here too.  

[daisylu]

Jul 13, 2023 14:11:26 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Jul 13, 2023 13:59:30 GMT -5 daisylu said:

This was a child in high school groped by a janitor, who received no punishment even though he admitted that he did it. 

Yeah, that was clearly stated in the OP. I wonder what the expectation is for responses on threads like this.

I should have been more clear in that post. I felt that swamp did not get that point and being glib.

[billisonboard]

Jul 13, 2023 14:19:49 GMT -5 daisylu said:

Jul 13, 2023 14:11:26 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Yeah, that was clearly stated in the OP. I wonder what the expectation is for responses on threads like this.

I should have been more clear in that post. I felt that swamp did not get that point and being glib.

Yeah, I thought that meaning was obvious. That is why I responded with what I did.

[Tennesseer]

Reminds me of an employee appeal for wrongful termination I sat in on as the HR rep.

Male employee was terminated for grabbing a female co-worker's breasts. The female reported the male employee's actions to his manager of the assault. Male appealed his termination. During the appeal hearing, the male employee said he only grabbed the female employee's breasts was because she had first groped his crotch.

Male employee's termination was upheld. But we interviewed the female employee and asked her if it was true that she had first groped the male employee before he grabbed her breasts. She admitted she groped his crotch first but she was only kidding when she groped him and he was serious when he grabbed her breasts.

Female employee was then terminated. She appealed her termination but it was upheld through the three step appeals process.

[busymom]

So where did that judge get his degree?  Trump University?


(I'm guessing the judge doesn't have any daughters of his own to protect.)  What a loser...

[djAdvocate]

Jul 13, 2023 13:35:26 GMT -5 swamp said:

I can get groped in the USA and shafted by the court system as well.

At least the food is better in Italy. 

94% of American females report being sexually assaulted at some time in their lives.

we are hardly as white as the preacher's sheets, here.

[djAdvocate]

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