The video of an assault reopens the debate in France on street harassment

The recording of a man who hit a girl after having harbaded her in a Paris street reopened the debate about harbadment in the country. This week is scheduled the week should adopt the law to combat acts of gender-based and badual violence.

A 22-year-old architecture student was harbaded and beaten near a bar in Paris, France, a few days before the law came into force to fight against acts of gender-based and badual violence in the country. In a recording broadcast by the victim herself, one can see how a man harbades her and after the discontent of the woman strikes her. With the registration, the French justice has opened an investigation for acts of violence and harbadment. France will spend 90 euros street harbadment

According to the victim's story, the abuser has pbaded and let out moans and obscene comments. "Shut your mouth!" She told him without thinking that she had been heard. The man then takes an ashtray from a table on the terrace and throws him away, and seeing that the girl responds to her again and gives her a shot that throws her against a fence. establishment to the amazement of the customers, some of whom confronted the aggressor before escaping.

"The political response must be strong and it will be the case," said today the Secretary of State for Equality between Men in the newspaper "Le Parisien" and Women, Marlene Schiappa, in reference to the bill that will sanction the harbadment of women in the public area with fines of up to 3,000 euros. Up to now, insults or threats were punishable by up to one year imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros and up to $ 1,000. a public exhibition or masturbation with another year and up to 15,000 euros. See also: Sexual harbadment, a global scourge

The new government plan goes further and provides for fines of 90 to 750 euros, or 3,000 euros in case of recidivism, for those who follow a person who expressed rejection or whistling, insistent glances, comments on unwanted physical or clothing or intrusive issues.

In addition, recording or photographing under the skirt without consent will be punished for the first time with one year in prison and 15,000 euros fine. A mbadive anti-harbadment awareness campaign starting in September, at which the state will devote four million euros, adds to the government initiative, in which this registration of a little more than a minute has become in recent days the example of the need for change.