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[–]AlexReynard 23 points24 points25 points 12 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I like that they had her holding the high-heeled shoe in the pic. Some people can't wrap their heads around the idea of female domestic violence, because they're thinking in terms of a little bitty woman slapping or hitting a big strong man. But yeah, anyone seeing that pic can easily imagine that shoe hitting them in the face and how much that would suck.
[–]double-happiness[S] 12 points13 points14 points 12 years ago (9 children) | Copy Link
Album for context: http://imgur.com/a/afBIW
[–][deleted] 23 points24 points25 points 12 years ago (8 children) | Copy Link
I don't know if it's just me being absolutely sick of this "pay only attention to females" shit in America, or what, but I look at that and I almost see that they threw the woman on male domestic violence one in as a half-assed attempt. All the rest are about women.
Not to discredit the message, but more my distrust of the validity.
[–]dantedivolo 18 points19 points20 points 12 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link
Valid or not, it's there.
[–][deleted] 13 points14 points15 points 12 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link
That's very true, and even if it was half-assed, it's definitely a step in the right direction.
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[–]DeNihiloNehil 4 points5 points6 points 12 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Do we really want to be as petty as to demand proportional image representation in what appears to be an afternoon's photo collage, though? Getting some exposure is good for now. Getting the idea into the public conscience that women aren't all peaches and honey is going to take some time and a lot of pressure, we can't expect it to happen immediately everywhere.
[–]anonlymouse 3 points4 points5 points 12 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Top right has another female on male one.
[–]seego79 4 points5 points6 points 12 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link
i have to say as a scot, we are pretty egalitarian in many fields but we have a long way to go when it comes to mens and womens rights.
i think the fact that we are a little socialist makes a difference too.
[–]double-happiness[S] 8 points9 points10 points 12 years ago* (5 children) | Copy Link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_regarding_rape#Scotland
Rape is defined as follows:
Rape (1) If a person (“A”), with A's penis— (a) without another person (“B”) consenting, and (b) without any reasonable belief that B consents, penetrates to any extent, either intending to do so or reckless as to whether there is penetration, the vagina, anus or mouth of B then A commits an offence, to be known as the offence of rape.
[–]MerfAvenger 5 points6 points7 points 12 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
To be fair to Scotland, that is the UK's definition. It's still ridiculous.
I am proud that my country supports an egalitarian mindset to domestic violence though. It's a step.
[–]ProfessorAdonisCnut 2 points3 points4 points 12 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Not really, Scotland has its own independant legal system. Their definition of rape happens to be very close to that of England+Wales (and that of Northern Ireland), but they come from different acts passed by different parliaments in different years and are enforced by different courts.
[–]autowikibot 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Scots law:
Scots law is the legal system of Scotland. It is a hybrid or mixed legal system, containing civil law and common law elements, that traces its roots to a number of different historical sources. Together with English law and Northern Ireland law, it is one of the three legal systems of the United Kingdom. It shares some elements with the two other systems, but it also has its own unique sources, institutions and nomina juris. Early Scots law before the 11th century consisted of a mixture of different legal traditions of the various cultural groups that inhabited the country at the time, the Picts, Gaels, Britons, Anglo-Saxons and Norse. The introduction of feudalism from the 11th century and the expansion of the Kingdom of Scotland established the modern roots of Scots law, which was gradually influenced by other, especially continental, legal traditions. Although there was some indirect Roman law influence on Scots law the direct influence of Roman law was slight up until around the 15th century. After this time, Roman law was often adopted in argument in court, in an adapted form, where there was no native Scots rule to settle a dispute; and Roman law was in this way partially received into Scots law. Scots law recognises four sources of law: legislation, legal precedent, specific academic writings and custom. Legislation affecting Scotland may be passed by the Scottish Parliament, the United Kingdom Parliament, the European Parliament, and the Council of the European Union. Some legislation passed by the pre-1707 Parliament of Scotland is still also valid. Since the Union with England Act 1707, Scotland has shared a legislature with England and Wales. Scotland retained a fundamentally different legal system from that south of the border, but the Union exerted English influence upon Scots law. In recent years, Scots law has also been affected by European law under the Treaties of the European Union, the requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights (entered into by members of the Council of Europe) and the reconvening of the Scottish Parliament which may pass legislation within all areas not reserved to Westminster, as detailed by the Scotland Act 1998. Image i
Scots law is the legal system of Scotland. It is a hybrid or mixed legal system, containing civil law and common law elements, that traces its roots to a number of different historical sources. Together with English law and Northern Ireland law, it is one of the three legal systems of the United Kingdom. It shares some elements with the two other systems, but it also has its own unique sources, institutions and nomina juris.
Early Scots law before the 11th century consisted of a mixture of different legal traditions of the various cultural groups that inhabited the country at the time, the Picts, Gaels, Britons, Anglo-Saxons and Norse. The introduction of feudalism from the 11th century and the expansion of the Kingdom of Scotland established the modern roots of Scots law, which was gradually influenced by other, especially continental, legal traditions. Although there was some indirect Roman law influence on Scots law the direct influence of Roman law was slight up until around the 15th century. After this time, Roman law was often adopted in argument in court, in an adapted form, where there was no native Scots rule to settle a dispute; and Roman law was in this way partially received into Scots law.
Scots law recognises four sources of law: legislation, legal precedent, specific academic writings and custom. Legislation affecting Scotland may be passed by the Scottish Parliament, the United Kingdom Parliament, the European Parliament, and the Council of the European Union. Some legislation passed by the pre-1707 Parliament of Scotland is still also valid.
Since the Union with England Act 1707, Scotland has shared a legislature with England and Wales. Scotland retained a fundamentally different legal system from that south of the border, but the Union exerted English influence upon Scots law. In recent years, Scots law has also been affected by European law under the Treaties of the European Union, the requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights (entered into by members of the Council of Europe) and the reconvening of the Scottish Parliament which may pass legislation within all areas not reserved to Westminster, as detailed by the Scotland Act 1998.
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[–]seego79 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
as i said, theres still a long way to go, but it seems to be a lot more egalitarian than a lot of other countries.
[–]dawookie 4 points5 points6 points 12 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Any one have any information about how they actually handle male victims? I'll have a hunt around and see if they are just talk.
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