![]() ![]() ![]() We’re talking about your daughter standing in line at the bank, and the guy ahead of her starts masturbating in her face.” Equality Minister Irene Montero. ![]() Sources in the Equality Ministry said that “it’s not about someone calling you beautiful as you’re walking down the street, or about a random man’s misplaced comment. It will be considered a minor offense to “address another person with expressions, behavior or propositions of a sexual nature that create an objectively humiliating, hostile or intimidating situation for the victim,” who will have to file a complaint. In another first, the bill considers street harassment a crime punishable with house arrest or community service. The new bill does not define what is not consent, but rather what is: “Consent will only be understood to exist when it has been freely manifested through acts clearly expressing the individual’s will, considering the circumstances of the case.” This notion has been popularly expressed as solo sí es sí or “only yes means yes.” Spain already has punishment for non-consensual sex acts, but there is no definition of consent in the criminal code, which requires proof that violence or intimidation were used to determine the existence of rape. Under the bill, street harassment is considered a crime punishable with house arrest or community service ![]()
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