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In reply to the discussion: Danish teen fought off her attacker - now she'll face fine [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)If you take a hundred random women and you take a hundred random women and pair them off randomly, the male will be able to physically subdue the female at least 80% of the time. Thus a law like this is fundamentally patriarchal.
Laws that facilitate might making right are inherently unjust to the weak. There will always be strong predators.
Misuse of a defensive weapon such as pepper spray should be illegal - it's assault, and it probably already is in Denmark. Misuse should be prosecuted.
It is not the inherent function of law to forbid the weak innocents from defending themselves effectively against the strong predators. It is the inherent function of the law to defend the innocent, and most especially the weak innocent who are naturally more likely to be victims.