On 28 June, she was voted in the Sejm, and on 9 August, the president signed an amendment to the rape bill. A phrase about "no consent" has been added. It seems logical, but only seemingly. The change opens the door to a dangerous precedent in Poland. It's a large triumph for the broad left.
Earlier provisions defined rape as sexual intercourse utilizing "violence, a threat of unlawful or deceit", which seemed sufficient. Even more so, in specified a context, this is by default against will. However, the added phrase "no consent" is vague adequate and vague adequate that it is not only hard to specify precisely, but besides opens up a wide scope of manoeuvre for subjective interpretation.
The United States is simply a striking example. Especially recently, mass “recollection” has become fashionable for women who have long been traumatized. This has become both a way to rise interest in your individual and to request "compensation". And it is very convenient to take the function of sacrifice due to the fact that it requires attention, compassion and redress. And it's not about reducing the harm to women who actually suffered them, due to the fact that they frequently gotta live with trauma for the remainder of their lives. Surely, they request care and adequate compensation, for rape is simply a terrible experience of physical and intellectual violence. It is besides understandable that many of them are suffocating a secret in a sense of shame or fear, though these feelings should alternatively accompany the perpetrator alternatively than the victim. However, it is reprehensible to make or exaggerate the alleged harm, making it a commodity for sale.
This leads to a situation where stars are regularly sued for advanced compensation in the hope that they will pay at least part of the required sum for the sake of peace and fear of scorn. The biggest absurdity is the suit brought against legendary boxer George Foreman by 3 women who “remembered” the rape after more than... 45 years. Case pending.
As you can see, the Polish political scene has decided to take a serious step in this direction. Another request will most likely be the long-mentioned written consent. And the general word “Polish political scene” is deliberate due to the fact that as many as 335 Members voted “for”. Even colloquially recognized as the right wing of the PiS was heavy stratified. 95 members divided their votes between “against”, “stopped” and “no vote”. The another 94 were on ‘yes’. This is not a setup, but mainly a cool political calculation for future campaigns. On the 1 hand, they wanted to avoid being chased in the future, that they were supporting rapists, and on the another hand, they had a misconception about protecting the weaker sex.
Despite the further success of the widely understood left, who at all costs tries to argue women and men, there is besides a light in the tunnel. Poland is simply a country otherwise culturally shaped than the United States or France and this kind of recklessly imitated trend may stay a dead recipe. Second, the sword is double-edged. According to Dr. Witold Zontek of the Jagiellonian Department of Criminal Law, the prosecutor “would gotta prove that there was nothing. This is very difficult." Nevertheless, it should be remembered that the threat is real, all the more so that the rainbow side of the political scene will not halt there.
Information sources:
eMissjaTv
Seym.gov.pl
rp.pl
I'm sorry.
boxer.org
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