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> The use of all violence is prohibited in Norway. You are not allowed to abuse children or use any other kind of corporeal punishment when bringing up children
by tempodox 4y ago
> The use of all violence is prohibited in Norway. You are not allowed to abuse children or use any other kind of corporeal punishment when bringing up children. Severe penalties may be applied to anyone who has physically abused a child.
Never saw that before. This should be standard everywhere.
- simongray 4y agoIt is standard in a lot of places: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Map_of_domestic_corporal_punishment_abolition.svg/1280px-Map_of_domestic_corporal_punishment_abolition.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ma... I can't vouch for how seriously those different countries look at the issue, though, despite what they have legislated, e.g. I once had a relationship with a Korean who had been physically abused by both parents and teachers. Here in Denmark it was outlawed in the 90s and isn't very common.
- refurb 4y agoPretty sure it’s the law everywhere
- notch656a 4y agoAll violence sounds pretty extreme to me by most standards. For instance, boxing would be illegal, and toddlers would be in jail if seen hitting their parents/siblings. In practice I imagine it means something like "no violence from someone larger to someone smaller." Most places no one really gives a shit if it goes the other way around, like young kid hitting parent or wife hitting husband.
- elygre 4y agoThings being forbidden does not necessarily mean that jail time is the response. Many societies (and oh how I want to write “most civilized societies”, so I do) also apply different standards to kids than to adults.
- barry-cotter 4y ago> Many societies (and oh how I want to write “most civilized societies”, so I do) There’s no point in doing this. No one feels like you’re withholding judgment, or that you are (not) an enemy to their values. Either go with “most civilised societies” or don’t. Don’t be extra petty.
- refurb 4y agohttps://www.spitsbergen-svalbard.com/2021/04/20/victims-of-domestic-violence-in-svalbard-potentially-in-defenceless-position.html https://www.spitsbergen-svalbard.com/2021/04/20/victims-of-d...
- notch656a 4y agoThis is an incredibly deceptive article. It makes it sound like DV victims are singled out. All it says is DV victims have to follow the same rule as other immigrants on Svalbard -- i.e. they may be deported when they can't support themselves.
- refurb 4y agoBut it goes to the original point "It's so great that violence is illegal there, it should be everywhere." It is. But just because it's illegal doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
- emj 4y agoProfessional boxing was illegal between 1969 and 2007 in Sweden.
- Broken_Hippo 4y agoNo, it surely isn't. In the US, it is generally legal to spank a child. Or do things like make them do physical labour or write the same sentence 100 times, knowing it makes hands cramp. The elementary and middle schools I went to technically could spank you with a paddle too. I'm only 44. I know similar things happen in other countries: Another commenter has a link with a map. I live in Norway now. If you spank your child, even if it obviously doesn't hurt them, you can get child services visiting your home.
- dirkt 4y agoThere is probably a reason they put that in (as in: they had an incident where this apparently wasn't standard...)