Posted on 09/21/2017 10:23:49 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Wolf-whistling and repeatedly asking for a woman’s telephone number could soon be made illegal as part of a French government crackdown on the longtime scourge of street harassment.
French and foreign women alike will all have stories of being pestered or harassed as they walked down a street in France. One survey that made headlines revealed that 100 percent of all female respondents said they have experienced being harassed on public transport, with half saying they alter their clothes to avoid it.
Now France’s secretary of state for gender equality, Marlène Schiappa, is attempting to address the issue head on and wants to make street harassment a crime. “Women that walk down the street aren’t at everyone’s disposal and their bodies aren’t public property,” Schiappa said.
What exactly constitutes harassment will have to be thrashed out, but it could include the age-old bad habit of wolf-whistling. A working party was tasked on Tuesday to start drawing up legislation that will make it a criminal offense to harass someone in a public place, specifically with the country’s macho culture in mind. The aim is to create a legal definition of street harassment and decide what the penalty will be for offenders. […]
Schiappa added: “We will create a new offense, to define its parameters, the evidence and the sanction — a spoken warning and then a fine.” …
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No old Warner Brothers’ cartoons, I guess.
Sounds like it could be a slippery slope on what constitutes harassment, but I empathize with women who get unwanted attention. They should not have to put up with it. The classic response would be for a woman to slap the face of the offender, but I think that only works in the movies.
She could hit him with her baguette?
I’m guessing the women are being harnessed by Islamic immigrants.
Or maybe they could grown up and not care about whistling instead of stamping out free speech.
Think they hate being whistled at? Wait till you see how they feel about being ignored.
“France’s secretary of state for gender equality”
Huh?
If it is applied to Muslims, it may be a good thing. Their incessant harassment of white girls needs to be addressed, and this could be one way to help end it.
More than likely, I would say that is probably true.
That was my first thought also.
They just need to stop bringing more wolves into their country.
Secretary of State for gender equality. WTF is that?!?
Yes, and I am sure they are being harassed as well. 😁😆😄😊🙃. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. 🤗
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