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Life term for wife who severed husband's penis

(74 Posts)
JessM Sat 29-Jun-13 06:36:21

Goodness me. Would she have got life for a hand or an eye I wonder?
I think TBH I have ambivalent feelings about these cases. A voice in my head says that some men deserve no less (I don't know whether this one did or not). The penis is used as a weapon against women in individual crimes, and in war.
But of course this is not the civilised response hmm Two wrongs do not make a right.
Meanwhile back in the UK it is thought that there are large numbers of genital mutilations of girls going on, and not a prosecution in sight.
And if, by some miracle, a doctor got done for fgm, would they get life?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23108432
www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23001119

j08 Sat 29-Jun-13 18:38:38

grin

JessM Sat 29-Jun-13 18:53:11

tennis tennis - well may as well dispose of them at the same time I guess hmm

dorsetpennt Sun 30-Jun-13 10:18:19

JO8 you're only cross because you know I'm right. 'Nuff said' lets let it lie

j08 Sun 30-Jun-13 11:09:18

You NOT right. I ALWAYS right. smile

j08 Sun 30-Jun-13 11:10:23

Can't remember what it was about now anyway.

j08 Sun 30-Jun-13 11:12:50

Fuck me! Forgot to add the tennistennis

soop Sun 30-Jun-13 11:53:36

tennis tennis grin I'm easily pleased...

glammanana Sun 30-Jun-13 12:29:32

I nearly always enjoy reading your posts and most of the time "get" your humour j08 but feel you have let the side down to-day,even though we think these things this is not the place to put in to words,anyway the husband concerned would not be in that position now would he.

Nelliemoser Sun 30-Jun-13 12:30:11

When I saw that tennis ball icon I just thought it was a way of implying that someones previous comments were just a load of balls! Oh dear I am clearly not with it right now.
As if GNHQ would promote that sort of rude response. grin

Galen Sun 30-Jun-13 13:31:36

What are thesetennis things in aid of please!

By the way, I'm back from furrin parts and trying to catch up!

glammanana Sun 30-Jun-13 13:38:18

Galen they are Tennis balls for the Wimbeldon season,nice to see you back.flowers

Galen Sun 30-Jun-13 13:45:55

Thanks! grin


What's a Wimbledon?confused

j08 Sun 30-Jun-13 13:47:00

What side? I'm not on a side am I?!

Did you make a joke there Glamma? Nice one. smile

j08 Sun 30-Jun-13 13:48:23

Actually, she only cut the willy off. #keepup

glammanana Sun 30-Jun-13 13:49:20

mixed up letters to-day sorry about that grin I think I may be dislectic (is that how you spell it) ??

j08 Sun 30-Jun-13 14:47:25

It'll do Glam.

Do we really want to be like the dreadful Grannynet?

absent Sun 30-Jun-13 20:10:00

Another potentially interesting thread that has degenerated into total rubbish. Seems to be a lot of that recently.

Nonu Sun 30-Jun-13 20:19:48

"Interesting thread " about a woman cutting of the dick of off her husban
!!!!! ????

Marelli Sun 30-Jun-13 20:25:53

Nonu - the 'why's and wherefor's' of so doing, perhaps? hmm

j08 Sun 30-Jun-13 20:49:16

Ok. Start again from now.

Ready, steady, go! ..............

Enjoy.

Nonu Sun 30-Jun-13 21:09:24

Okay. Lets do it , who is up for it ????

JessM Sun 30-Jun-13 22:02:16

There I was thinking it was a subject with feminist and ethical issues that were worth exploring. That'll teach me to raise an issue with intellectual challenge.
Did you ever read my soul-searching OP nonu ?

Ella46 Sun 30-Jun-13 22:21:04

Jess Didn't you know? Nobody hardly anybody actually reads threads!

j08 Sun 30-Jun-13 22:28:31

Well, I have already made some comments. Here they are again.

I don't see how the lack of prosecutions for fgm has any bearing on a case of a a woman mutilating her husband. The law does not work that way, nor should it. They are separate crimes.

I believe this woman should be imprisoned. You cannot go around cutting bits off of people, any bits. I believe her case will be looked at again in several years' time when the specialists in charge of her will be able to make a decision as to whether she will be any danger to anyone if she is released on parole.

Regarding FGM, I believe, and hope, that the first prosecutions in this country for this heinous crime are fairly imminent.

j08 Sun 30-Jun-13 22:30:09

I did read the OP and thought it showed muddled thinking.