Psychological Violence.

[Bbbananas]

Plans are afoot in France to prosecute perpetrators of 'psychological violence within marriage'. Insult your spouse, and you could end up in Court.

Intruiging - but just how do you prove such a claim? How do you ban such activity? And just who decides what constitutes an insult? Surely proving such misdemeanours is going to be very difficult. And just what would the punishment or sentence be?

I know from personal experience that 'psychological' or emotional cruelty can be almost, if not as bad as, physical violence - but this is going to be a much more difficult 'crime' to prove & Try.
Any thoughts?

[Bbbananas]

Why have I gone yellow?
Are my views jaundiced ?

[funnygirl]

Salla, it is too early in the morning for this! Lol.

[Bbbananas]

I did wonder... but I don't want think people to think I'm just shallow & one-track minded. I just happened to log onto the bbc website & read this article - well, it makes a change from the weather & from muslim marches....?

[AB Editor]

I thought it was big and clever! So I made it sticky.

Where was this reported Salla?

All the best,

Spare Ed

[Bbbananas]

BBC News website Ed.
Wow - me big & clever?!! Is that really why I'm yellow? Gee, thanks. Usually I'm red for danger or blue as some sort of warning!

[Bbbananas]

.......just a pity it's too early in a morning to get any response?!!

[funnygirl]

Thinking more about this Salla, I think I would qualify, as I am fed up with being called "my little sausage" by Mr Funny.

I would have to have phone taps and bugs around the house!

[Bbbananas]

He's not my spouse, so maybe I can't take him to Court, but my BF often calls me Heffalump or Bunny (or variations thereof, i.e. BunBun, Bunnykins, WunBun). Is this cruelty?
ACtually - I like Little Sausage... that's quite sweet. But if you called HIM Little Sausage, he might have cause for complaint?
Tricky innit?!

[AB Editor]

link: http://news.bbc.co.uk...ld/europe/8440199.stm

Will this effect the French and their propensity to be miserable gits re: Satre?

All the best,

Spare Ed

[Bbbananas]

Thanks for the Link Ed - I'm not very good at techno things like that...
In my experience, most of the French are miserable gits, with a terrible sense of humour. I can't imagine they will be very happy about this latest proposition.

[scotchollie]

Little sausage? Not so much psychological violence as a misuse of the Trade Descriptions Act..?

[Bbbananas]

S'difficult Scotch - sometimes, for instance at xmas, we ladies prefer a chipolata (especially if it's wrapped in something, such as bacon) - and sometimes nothing smaller than a cumberland will do.