We read in the documents that "vicarious gender-based violence will be classified as a specific crime," according to a draft bill from the Spanish government. It includes, by the way, a "prohibition on publishing or disseminating" content that "is related to the crime committed." This is, of course, by the book. Hate, about José Bretón, which was never published.
It seems very logical to me, it seems absolutely correct to severely penalize the violence that someone who hates you might commit against someone you love. A man has just been convicted for throwing his ex-partner's dog off a balcony. The cruelty is at its peak. Now, why should it be classified as a separate criminal offense if it's committed by a man against a woman? Aren't there men who commit vicarious violence against other men? And aren't there women who commit vicarious violence against men? I'm thinking now of the book. The Feast of the GoatIn the torture chamber, a prisoner is fed after days of hunger. Once he's eaten, they let him know he's eaten his son. This is vicarious violence, and it's used a lot during torture, kidnappings, and so on. You can perhaps endure the harm they'll inflict on you, but you wouldn't endure what they could do to your family. It's not about men against women, just that violence, so effective. What that man, José Bretón, did is the worst of infamy. It's beyond my understanding. But the case of Cristina Rivas, on trial in Barcelona, who killed her daughter Yaiza "out of rage against her father" and then attempted suicide, is also vicarious violence. It's also the worst of infamy, and it's beyond my understanding.
Regarding the prohibition on "publishing or disseminating" content that "has to do with the case," I understand the intention, and that it's good, but it makes no sense.
