January 14, 2018 -

Observers express disappointment with annulment of Christine Boutin sentence

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In April 2014 former politician Christine Boutin remarked during an interview that “homosexuality is an abomination.” In December 2015 Boutin was ordered to pay 5,000 euros in fines for her remarks. This Tuesday, the Appeals Court annulled its original sentence for “provocation of hate or of violence,” stating that, “the incriminating remarks, even if offensive, do…

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Scholars, Twitter community, express support for Leïla Slimani

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A public letter signed by more than 100 French women that denounced the #MeToo movement has sparked debate over everything from the appropriate limits of flirtation to the extent to which the French should absorb American sexual norms. Among those who disagreed with the public letter was Leïla Slimani, a novelist who won the Prix Goncourt in 2016….

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