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minus-squarepalallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down25·11 months ago A member of the Russian State Duma has proposed releasing women convicted of minor charges from prisons so they can conceive Literally nobody here has read the article and it shows
minus-squareSphereofWreckening@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·edit-211 months agoThis is the same country that decriminalized Domestic Violence leading to a fall in reporting from women as a result. People who haven’t read the article aside: I do not believe the Russian State member has women’s best interest in mind with this proposal.
minus-squarepalallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down20·11 months agoI’m not making any claim as to the rationality of the Russian State member. The Duma has some crazies, just like Congress does. They don’t speak for the entire country, though.
minus-squareSphereofWreckening@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-211 months agoI’ll agree to that partially. Unless the proposal actually passes it’s just the shitty legislating of another shitty government official. I just wanted to point out the Russian States’ history with women’s rights; because it’s not like these people gain power in a vacuum.
Literally nobody here has read the article and it shows
This is the same country that decriminalized Domestic Violence leading to a fall in reporting from women as a result.
People who haven’t read the article aside: I do not believe the Russian State member has women’s best interest in mind with this proposal.
I’m not making any claim as to the rationality of the Russian State member. The Duma has some crazies, just like Congress does. They don’t speak for the entire country, though.
I’ll agree to that partially. Unless the proposal actually passes it’s just the shitty legislating of another shitty government official.
I just wanted to point out the Russian States’ history with women’s rights; because it’s not like these people gain power in a vacuum.