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Should France criminalize 'psychological violence' between domestic partners?

Should France ban verbal abuse of a domestic partner?

  • Absolutely! This is as damaging as physical abuse!

    Votes: 3 10.0%

  • In some cases, such as when the spouse is unable to leave

    Votes: 5 16.7%

  • The verbal abuser should be forced into counseling and/or medication

    Votes: 1 3.3%

  • Most adults should be able to handle this on their own

    Votes: 7 23.3%

  • This is totally over reaching on the part of the government!

    Votes: 14 46.7%
  • Total voters
    30
TOJ said:
They should just make it legal for her to shoot the bastard. ;)

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Men aren't the only ones who verbally abuse, believe you me. :shock:
 
Goshin said:
If they're going to make spousal arguments a crime, they might as well ban marriage now.
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This law is about a lot more than "spousal arguments". This is about a pattern of abusive verbal behavior that can leave the person on the receiving end in a state of crippling anxiety, lack of self-confidence and self-hate. When the person who's supposed to love and cherish you spends their time telling you how worthless, useless and disgusting you are, it's no longer about simply "arguing with your spouse". This is abuse, plain and simple. We all know that words can hurt a lot more than blows.

That said, verbal abuse charges, like harassment and bullying charges, will be very difficult to prove. We do have laws against harassment and bullying, so I see no reason why spousal verbal abuse can't be included in those existing laws. Why make a brand new law, when there are already laws that cover this kind of abusive behavior?
 
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Bring back "rule of thumb" & female complaining will cease......;)
 
Absolutely France should do that. It'll keep them busy and out of our hair.
 
CrusaderRabbit08 said:
I vote it's none of my business because I don't live in France.
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The political authorities in the United States are currently those jackasses that are enamored of everything Europe does. It behooves you as an American to pay attention to what those fools over there do because next year the fools over here will try to copy them.
 
Arcana XV said:
This law is about a lot more than "spousal arguments". This is about a pattern of abusive verbal behavior that can leave the person on the receiving end in a state of crippling anxiety, lack of self-confidence and self-hate.
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That's what divorce is for.

Only people who didn't have a backbone in the first place can be damaged by verbal abuse.

Then again, we are discussing France.
 
If we could outlaw "passive-agressive bull****", that would make my life alot easier.
 
WI Crippler said:
If we could outlaw "passive-agressive bull****", that would make my life alot easier.
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We need to outlaw the phrase passive-aggressive. Everytime I hear it I want to puke.
 
MyOwnDrum said:
Men aren't the only ones who verbally abuse, believe you me. :shock:
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Men don't usually get the crap kicked out of them when they tell their female abuser to just STFU. When a woman tells her male abuser to just STFU, she will, in many cases, pay for opening her mouth with a beating. ;)

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TOJ said:
Men don't usually get the crap kicked out of them when they tell their female abuser to just STFU. When a woman tells her male abuser to just STFU, she will, in many cases, pay for opening her mouth with a beating. ;)

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Actually, females physically abusing their male S.O. is a lot more common than most people think. I've posted a number of studies in other threads.
 
Goshin said:
Actually, females physically abusing their male S.O. is a lot more common than most people think. I've posted a number of studies in other threads.
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Want to compare numbers? Female beating on male does happen but male on female is a lot more prevalent. ;)

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TOJ said:
Want to compare numbers? Female beating on male does happen but male on female is a lot more prevalent. ;)

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So what? It is a crime either way.
 
If you insult your wife or husband repeatedly, you could soon find yourself in court if you live in France.

The charge? Psychological violence.

That's what the new offence will be called if a bill backed by the government is passed by parliament.

Once considered a purely private domain, rows between married or cohabiting couples could now prompt intervention from the state.

The French government wants to take the controversial step of introducing a new law banning "psychological violence" between married couples or partners living together.
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ROTFLMAO
Intervention from the state?
Oh, the abuse of this could be wondrous from all sides... wife, husband, state.

Hell, I see a great sitcom stemming from this... Le Trio Magnifique!
It has real potential as a reality TV show... that's one I might watch.

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TOJ said:
Want to compare numbers? Female beating on male does happen but male on female is a lot more prevalent. ;)

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Depends on what you mean by "a lot more prevalent". Some studies have concluded that female on male CDV is somewhere around 2/3rds or more as common as the reverse. Some other conclusions: Possibly more than 1/3 of cases where a man is arrested for CDV, in the incident in question the female was the one who initiated violence.

It is far from a one-way street.
 
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