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S. Korean court hailed for recognising misogyny as anti-feminist hate crime motive
South Korean court hailed for recognising misogyny as anti-feminist hate crime motive
A Korean court’s landmark ruling that a man who assaulted a short-haired female store worker was motivated by misogyny has been welcomed
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Agence France-Presse
Published: 11:45am, 18 Oct 2024
A South Korean court has recognised misogyny as a motive for a hate crime, a decision activists hailed as a breakthrough for women’s rights.
The ruling was made in connection to a case where a convenience store worker was attacked by a man shouting “feminists deserve to be beaten” because she had short hair.
The Changwon District Court upheld the assailant’s three-year jail term – and added a clause in its ruling that explicitly stated the crime was motivated by misogyny.
The assailant, who was 24, committed the crime “based on unfounded hatred and prejudice against women, which constitutes a condemnable motive for the offence”, the court ruled, a spokesman for the court said. The verdict cannot be appealed, he added.
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https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3282840/south-korean-court-hailed-recognising-misogyny-anti-feminist-hate-crime-motive
A Korean court’s landmark ruling that a man who assaulted a short-haired female store worker was motivated by misogyny has been welcomed
Reading Time:
2 minutes
Agence France-Presse
Published: 11:45am, 18 Oct 2024
A South Korean court has recognised misogyny as a motive for a hate crime, a decision activists hailed as a breakthrough for women’s rights.
The ruling was made in connection to a case where a convenience store worker was attacked by a man shouting “feminists deserve to be beaten” because she had short hair.
The Changwon District Court upheld the assailant’s three-year jail term – and added a clause in its ruling that explicitly stated the crime was motivated by misogyny.
The assailant, who was 24, committed the crime “based on unfounded hatred and prejudice against women, which constitutes a condemnable motive for the offence”, the court ruled, a spokesman for the court said. The verdict cannot be appealed, he added.
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https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/3282840/south-korean-court-hailed-recognising-misogyny-anti-feminist-hate-crime-motive
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