Men face fines of £80 if they comment about a woman's body or appearance in public under new French proposals.

SporkTornado · 2018-01-24T20:58:45+00:00

I checked the currency conversion 80 Euros =$99.19USD. A $100 dollar fine for commenting on a woman's appearance. Wow, talk about privileged.

fdsafsdafssad · 2018-01-25T01:13:28+00:00

Fun French Fact:

She can cheat on him, cuckold him with someone else's child, and not only is that OK, permissible, completely legal and above reproach, he can't ask for a paternity test. That's explicitly illegal.

Is everyone having fun yet?

GreatBayTemple · 2018-01-25T08:27:24+00:00

That'll get women ignored. "Like my new dress?"

"So, how about this weather? I like this weather..."

AloysiusC · 2018-01-25T10:06:57+00:00

Wow:

An £80 fine will be issued to anyone who behaves in a manner which 'infringes the freedom of movement of women in public spaces and undermines self-esteem and the right to security'.

Undermines self-esteem? Many women derive self-esteem from doing exactly what you're forbidding: namely complementing them on their appearance. Or just looking.

So now that looking but also not looking is covered, that means that it's impossible to behave in a way that you can be sure won't get you a fine. It's 100% down to subjective interpretation.

The £80 (€90) fine is said to increase to £120 if it is not paid within two weeks and could increase further to £325 if payment is late.

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It is the brainchild of France's Secretary of State for Equality Marlene Schiappa, who lobbied for what she described as the everyday sexism in France to be addressed

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The bill is expected to be presented to parliament next week after she and two other ministers - Minister of Justice, Nicole Belloubet, and Minister of the Interior, Gerard Collomb - cast their eyes over the final draft.

I can't decide if I want it to pass or not. Sure it's disgusting but it's also kind of amusing to watch people repeatedly throw the same dead canary into the same coalmine.

masterm · 2018-01-25T08:17:24+00:00

If the intent was equality, it would be fine for anyone making any comment about someone's body in public

QuasiQwazi · 2018-01-25T06:25:48+00:00

Frenchmen are creative. They'll say 'melons are looking good today' to which his friend will say 'I'm suddenly hungry for figs'.

This is how the French got around draconian Nazi laws forbidding insults to character. I believe it as Picasso who called a general 'a horsefly biting a boil' or something. People are endlessly creative. Social engineering laws are pathetic.

The__Tren__Train · 2018-01-25T01:07:36+00:00

GO YOUR OWN WAY

withdraw into your hobbies, careers, and male friendships. be polite and well-mannered towards women, but do not otherwise associate with them... or suffer the (brave new world's) consequences.

Lethn · 2018-01-25T01:07:50+00:00

I think I'm a lot like Sargon in that if this shit gets pushed through to law and they keep putting people in jail for this sort of bullshit I am fully prepared to fight a civil war. Just in case, ib4 someone tries to claim I'm some lunatic out to kill people while they simultaneously ignoring the fact that European governments are putting people in jail over an internet post and are now targeting social interaction too.

Seriously though, what the fuck else are we suppose to do in this situation? Vote? In the UK it's especially bad because both our parties love pandering to SJWs and the police forces of our respective constituencies seem to be operating entirely by themselves.

There seems to be no interest in politics to ignore this constant hysteria that feminists are pushing.

kartu3 · 2018-01-25T10:29:05+00:00

In other news:

So this is the first time I have noticed this but I just got about 2 inches of my hair cut off, a noticeable amount but no one but my female colleagues have commented on it. Is it just they don't know what to say? Or do they really not notice stuff like that. (reddit, ladies of science)

menshouldhaverights · 2018-01-25T09:14:46+00:00

Huh. Peterson was right when he suggested that all forms of male sexuality will be regulated by the state. I chuckled at the time, but I understand his concern more and more.

butterman403 · 2018-01-25T08:17:16+00:00

What if i say she looks like shit

Blutarg · 2018-01-24T20:32:53+00:00

He said, she said, no due process. Once a few men get busted no one will talk to french women. Except rapeugees I love it.

omegaphallic · 2018-01-24T21:11:49+00:00

France needs to fuck off and learn to respect freedom of speech.

iannoyyou101 · 2018-01-25T07:44:04+00:00

France has exactly the same problems as the US and UK but men over here won't admit it

ZimbaZumba · 2018-01-25T17:22:52+00:00

1984

Blutarg · 2018-01-25T17:26:07+00:00

What a joke.

Title	Men face fines of £80 if they comment about a woman's body or appearance in public under new French proposals.
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Date	January 24, 2018 8:27 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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