Sexual violence cannot be a throwing political weapon

Sexual

is one of the most repugnant scourges that every society, let alone one that prides itself on the maximum defense of freedoms like ours, is obliged to combat vigorously.

Women are the majority who suffer attacks of this nature.

And in recent years we have suffered terrible episodes as heinous as gang rapes carried out by

that have shocked us all.

But it's a shame and another great missed opportunity that, c

Against all this background, the Government has carried out what is known as the law of only yes is yes, seeking the exclusive support of its usual allies instead of having tried to reach consensus

.

Because we are facing an issue that should be addressed with a vision of the State and not as a partisan throwing weapon, as has happened.

This law, which as we publish today deeply divides jurists, is the star measure of

as Minister of Equality this legislature.

And in her extemporaneous speech in the Hemicycle, she took the opportunity to overreact and present this serious problem from

, resorting to terms so aggressive and divisive that they make an enemy of anyone who does not agree with the ideology of the most radical feminism.

Montero defended that the organic law of integral guarantee of sexual freedom is "a reality despite the extreme right and patriarchal justice", an affirmation that evidences a whole

and a deliberate attempt to undermine the democratic foundations of law.

Nor was the minister deprived this time of throwing the bench of the PP and Vox, who voted against, an alleged

, assuming as so many times a defense of the interests of women, as if these were not absolutely plural and as if feminism were a flag that could be exclusively patrimonialized by any political side.

The rule, which still has to go through the Senate, has as its main novelty that it places the

“clearly” at the center of relationships;

whether there is or not is what will be decisive when it comes to prosecuting rape and other sexual violence.

And, despite the fact that the law has been subjected to endless corrective filters since Equality presented a draft without the minimum legal rigor, the experts consulted by EL MUNDO stress that technical improvements are needed in substantive aspects.

It will not be easy for judges to face the complexities of evidence in many cases.

Another of the most notable changes is that it gets

, which can translate into greater legal uncertainty, according to many specialists.

Welcome is any desire to more effectively pursue aggressors in accordance with the evolution of the uses and customs of society.

But sexual freedom is not best protected through punitive populism.

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