Posted on 01/19/2005 10:39:33 AM PST by presidio9
An Italian man who slapped a young woman on the bottom while she was making a telephone call has been handed a 14-month suspended jail term by the Supreme Court.
The tough sentence made headlines in Italy where judges have been cracking down on sexual harassment with a string of ground-breaking verdicts against unsolicited advances.
A man in northern Italy was fined 300 euros ($392.5) last year for sending a flirtatious text message to a woman.
In the past such cases would rarely have made their way into the courts of a country renowned for its macho society.
Italy's high court ruled that the slap was an act of sexual aggression, which belittled the woman and caused her "duress."
The aggressor, identified only as Ivan P., told the court that the victim was a relative, who had invented the story to get revenge in a family feud.
"I don't believe in justice anymore. The sentence has ruined my life," he told Il Messaggero newspaper. His prison term was suspended because he was a first time offender.
Aren't all charges against people?
I meant to say against UGLY people.
I need someone to proof read all my posts
I worked with a woman a few years back who had worked as a receptionist at an island resort off the coast of Australia. She told me one time an Italian film crew was there to shoot some footage of reefs and the lifestyle etc. All the women thought these guys were real Romeos. The morning after the first night of their stay one of the maids informed the staff that all the beds in the shared rooms had been pushed together.
This guy receiving a setence for his part in trying to keep the flag flying for heterosexual Italy is admirable. He'll see it as a status symbol when he gets out of prison... where I'm sure positioning of the bunks are subject to change without notice.
The Court should have made him buy her a bottle of fine wine. Case closed.
Just curious; Do you have some kind of documentation for this, or are you just guessing?
What as motivation to reduce its size, therefore making it a harder target?
ping
I never said it was.
I'd rather look like an ass than act like one.
Don't give up hope!
How naive.
Don't you understand ? Women never lie about sex.
There are no false accusations of rape or harrassment.
Because women never, never, lie.
Unlike men.
How naive.
Don't you understand ? Women never lie about sex.
There are no false accusations of rape or harrassment.
Because women never, never, lie.
Unlike men.
Playing footsie is no crime, rule Italians, and Women brawl during bottom-patting debate.
"You may be suffering from post-tramatic tush syndrome."
True enough! Some day I may be back in my right mind! What's the statute of limitations on tush-whacking? I may still have a case!
That depends. In some states, the clock starts ticking once the assaulted tush stops jiggling. In Hillary(!)'s case, that could drag the legal process out for decades.
Eye for an eye, a slap for a slap. The woman should get to slap this guy.
Well, I'd like to think that all women are as pure as the driven snow and would never lodge a complaint with ulterior motives; (cough)AnitaHill(Cough)
But maybe you're right.
I forget who said it, perhaps it was Chris Rock, "that if Clarence Thomas looked like Denzel Washington we'd never have heard of Anita Hill"
:-D
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