By Could you imagine how many ajushis would be fined if this ever became a law in Korea?:
Calling your wife ugly to humiliate her may soon be considered an offence under proposed amendments to the Domestic Violence Act 1994.
The amendments will include a clause on emotional violence against women who are currently only protected against physical abuse.
Women’s Development Depart- ment director-general Datuk Dr Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur said the aim of proposing the amendment was to safeguard women both physically and emotionally.
She said emotional violence was a form of abuse that would scar women deeply and lower their self-esteem, dignity and self-confidence.
“It could be a case when a husband tells his wife she is ugly or humiliates her until she feels emotionally pressured,” she told reporters at the end of a seminar on how to curb violence against women at Wisma Wanita here yesterday.
She added that they were in the process of bringing the proposed amendments to Parliament. [The Star Online]
It would be interesting to see if this law would apply to foreigners or not?
It is the sad reality. No mistake...
11:58 am on May 28th, 2009 1
Since it is more often the woman who has the tongue that cuts, the law should work both ways.
5:13 pm on May 28th, 2009 2
Who cares.
This law won't affect me.
When I want my Malaysian wife to feel bad about herself, I just make fun of her clitoridectomy.
6:25 pm on May 28th, 2009 3
Unfortunately I can see this as one of the International laws so many US politicians wish to inact in the US. "Well yes honey you do seem to have picked up a few pounds…" "Criminal!"
6:43 am on May 30th, 2009 4
Emotional abuse? Verbal abuse? The women get protection but there is the other side of the same coin. Men also get abused verbally and emotionally. But I suppose they just don't talk about it.