Neo Balka wrote:Chessmistress wrote:
This is the only important point.
UK (and many other countries, too) just need a law like they have in Brazil:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31810284
A law against femicide, by this way even dumb judges will understand that times are going to change.
What in the name of god is femicide?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femicide
Femicide or feminicide is a sex-based hate crime term, broadly defined as the killing of women but definitions vary depending on the cultural context.[1] Feminist author Diana E. H. Russell is one of the early pioneers of the term, and she currently defines the word as "the killing of females by males because they are females". Other feminists place emphasis on the intention or purpose of the act being directed at females specifically because they are female; others include the killing of females by females.
Brazil has been the very first nation to extend the definition even to acts of violence motivated by contempt or discrimination against women.