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1) Why is there so much confusion & division in Spanish politics over this issue?!
Yesterday was the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women".
As worded, everyone should be united in that cause.
https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-cayetana-alvarez-toledo-ataca-pablo-casado-criticar-negacionismo-violencia-genero-202011252035_noticia.html
Yesterday was the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women".
As worded, everyone should be united in that cause.
https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-cayetana-alvarez-toledo-ataca-pablo-casado-criticar-negacionismo-violencia-genero-202011252035_noticia.html
2) "Violence against women" is also the exact wording used in the Istanbul Convention as are the terms "domestic violence" & "gender-based violence against women".The latter refers to the gender of the VICTIM not the assailant! Why?
3) Because women are mostly victims of certain types of violence such as rape, female genital mutilation, forced marriages, etc.In the case of the last two, that violence may very well come from another woman (mother, sister, etc.)
4) That's why the convention is very exact in its wording, so much so that it even includes "against women" as to not make a declaration on the existence or not of gender-based violence against men.Problems & division start when politicians start making up their own terms.
5) This is the case in Spain where the term "violencia de género" or "gender violence" was invented shifting focus to perpetrators rather than victims of violence!This was followed by a law (LIVG) that neither would or should pass a constitutional challenge in a democracy.
6) Nor would it pass a challenge at the ECHR because it's clearly against the fundamental rights of "equality under the law" and "presumption of innocence", gigantic pillars of the civilized world.Needless to say, this law has become divisive & frankly counter-productive.
7) So, why do Spanish politicians keep fanning those flames of division, rather than using terms that are agreeable to everyone, such as those used in the Istanbul Convention?Are men inherently violent because of their gender & should constantly be insulted & criminalized?
8) Definition of bigotry:"Obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction; in particular, prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group."
This isn't progress, it's regression to the worst of the past.
