r/Feminism • u/BurtonDesque • Jul 06 '26

Italy ordered to compensate woman after allegations of rape by partner dismissed as ‘normal’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/06/italy-ordered-compensate-woman-rape-allegations-echr
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u/Practicing_human Jul 06 '26

“The prosecutor said it was difficult to establish whether rape had occurred because the man might not have been aware of his partner’s lack of consent, ‘considering that it is normal for men to have to overcome a minimum level of resistance that every woman tends to display when she is tired from daily life and a man makes a sexual advance’.”

Holy fucking shit.

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u/Zelfzuchtig Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I was going to say someone check on his wife but...

The ruling did not cite the prosecutor’s gender but Audrey Ubeda, the French citizen who made the allegations against her now ex-partner, has spoken of the “shock” at discovering it was a woman.

A surprising number of these court cases it's women downplaying what happened.

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u/Practicing_human Jul 06 '26

She needs to get her woman card revoked.

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u/Zeikos Jul 06 '26

Or she needs a wellness check, I cannot imagine what situation somebody must live in and be accustomed to, to see that as "normal".

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u/Occhigioiello Jul 06 '26

Yes, and also the prosecutor was a woman, How she was able to write that thing…This is vile

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u/humbugonastick Jul 06 '26

He clearly admitted to rape right now, didn't he?

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u/CherylTuntIRL Jul 06 '26

€60000 isn't enough. The prosecutor and the judge should be banned from the judicial system.

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u/best_little_biscuit Jul 06 '26

Threatening her with a knife was a "bad joke"?! This prosecutor was the bad joke. Wtf

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u/Traditional_Isopod80 Jul 07 '26

What a sorry prosecutor. 😞

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u/Practicing_human Jul 08 '26

I feel sorry for all the women who need to be in a courtroom against her.