Uno comprende que el mundo del derecho es complejo y que algunas sentencias perfectamente justificables son difíciles de explicar a los profanos. Pero cuando un juez se permite comentar, asumo que entre otros muchos argumentos no dudo que perfectamente válidos, que una mujer viste demasiado elegantemente para ser una víctima, da la impresión de que abandonamos la lógica pura del derecho para entrar en el más absoluto machismo, en la perpetuación de una cierta imagen sobre un cierto tipo de personas.
La cosa es tan «curiosa» que incluso la BBC se hace eco en un artículo titulado Woman ‘too smart’ to be victim:
He said he was not suggesting that someone could not progress out of negative situations. But he said such an ability did not usually come out of the supposedly continual aggression alleged in this case.
A medical report describing multiple bruising on the woman’s body was presented during the hearing but the court found there was «no evidence» to suggest that her husband was responsible.
Radio Cadena Ser said women’s associations had described the verdict as «abhorrent» and hoped action will be taken against the judge.
Consuelo Abril, from the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse, said that the judge’s decision perpetuated the false stereotype that an abused woman had to be poorly dressed and belong to a particular social background.
Supongo que alguien comentará la sentencia completa.
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