Curfew - is there a radical fix for violence against women?

Submitted by Mastodon on Sun, 2024-10-13 09:41

Article here. Excerpt:

'Would a curfew for men lead to less violence against women and girls?

That’s the provocative question at the heart of Curfew, the new drama series on Paramount+.

Set in a dystopian future, the show imagines a society where all men live under The Women’s Safety Act and are subjected to a government-imposed curfew from 19:00 to 07:00, with their movements tracked 24/7 by ankle tags.

The goal? To drastically reduce violence against women.

However, as the series unfolds, the discovery of a murdered woman during curfew hours casts doubt on the effectiveness of the policy, raising broader questions about the limits of such measures.'

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It starts as a work of fiction. Then...

Alas I'm not sure what legal protections exist in the UK to stop such madness. Here in the US there's a few guarantees in the Bill of Rights that'd stop such a thing here.

One could argue that since so little that's desirable it seems happens after sundown that perhaps a general curfew a la a banana republic be instituted: 7:00 PM til 5:00 AM, no one out in public. Bet the crime rate in general'd come down drastically.

There, problems solved.

Barf.

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Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2024-10-13 19:35