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Russia is inching towards utopian equality by considering a law that would decriminalize domestic violence:
The amendment would make "moderate" violence within families an administrative rather than criminal offence, punishable by a fine rather than a jail sentence. [...] The law was drafted by Yelena Mizulina, an ultra-conservative MP who was also behind the controversial Russian law banning "gay propaganda". She told parliament that "in Russian traditional families, the relationship between parents and their children is built on authority and power". She said it was ridiculous that people could be branded criminals "for a slap".
The Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, is due to hear the bill in a second reading next week, after passing it on the first reading by 386 votes to one. It needs to pass three readings in the Duma before it is moved to parliament's upper house, and then requires the signature of the president, Vladimir Putin.
[...] The amendment would decriminalise any violence that does not cause serious medical harm, which is defined as requiring hospital treatment. Beatings that leave bruises, scratches or bleeding but do not leave lasting negative health effects such as broken bones or concussion will no longer be criminal. If there is a second beating within a year, however, the case can be made a criminal one.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 24 2017, @08:21AM
I remember an incident from when my baby was little, about 14 months; she had recently started walking. We let her have the run of the house, baby proofing most things. Up until that point, I had never gotten mad at her. One evening, I had my laptop out on the couch. She came over and pressed a few keys on it. Startled, I gave her a very cross look in the heat of the moment. Her face scrunched up, and she started bawling. After that, she would give the laptop a sidelong glance when she passed by bouncing along, but never touched it again. Broke my heart every time she did that. And this was a kid that would fall and scrape her knees, elbows, while out and about, but would just get up and continue doing whatever she was doing, no tears.
That's when it really struck home to me that it wasn't the physical pain that got her attention, it was the emotional shock of her trusted person, me, being cross at her.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 24 2017, @10:29AM
Noted. Somewhere in my writing up above, I should have mentioned that some children never, or almost never, need a paddling. A single angry look, or a word, is all that is needed. Then, there are those headstrong little tykes, who learn to push buttons, and manage to manipulate one or the other - sometimes both - parents almost before they learn to talk.
Every child is an individual, they learn differently, each presents his own challenges.