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I don't read French as well, but am also interested if it's gender specific, but I'm guessing it's not - it's probably because women get harassed a lot more tha
by hw 8y ago
I don't read French as well, but am also interested if it's gender specific, but I'm guessing it's not - it's probably because women get harassed a lot more than men on the streets.
I also wonder if this would be something that cities in the US like San Francisco would adopt. Not just harassment against women but just harassment in general. I do get harassed once in a while while walking in SF, but my wife definitely experiences a lot more of the catcalling and harassment than me. It just makes it uneasy to walk around in SF, day or night, when it's such a beautiful city.
- tajen 8y agoI didn’t see anything gender-specific in this law. Only the advertising about the law is gendered. Also, as far as I’ve understood, for the « long, sustained look », it has to be witnessed by a policeman directly. Therefore I don’t believe we can have many fines for this category. They said they’ll start the fines in September. Another specific thing to know about France is, police doesn’t act. They might witness a skin-head peeing on the Hotel de Ville de Lyon, they won’t act. I’ve also never seen two people fighting on a street where cops would intervene, leave alone come (I should know, I get assaulted once a year, make a point of calling the cops, never seen them, even after the 4th call. I had to write the city mayor to make them act against a drug dealer who was doing parties in my street). They have sirens in all the time, but it’s just on the way back to the station for lunch time and at 5.30pm. So, if one girl succeeds in having the fine applied, it’s already unfair.