The man's actions were not deemed lustful or libidinous as they lasted only 'a handful of seconds'. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ROME – For days, many Italians have flooded social media with two unusual calls to outrage: “#10secondi” and “#palpatabreve”, or “10 seconds” and “brief grope”.
The ruling also inspired a rush of videos showing women and men touching their own breasts while a timer counts down 10 seconds: Some silently stare into the camera, some perform skits mocking the decision, some sing jingles they have written. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, many Italians’ dismissive attitude towards allegations of sexual harassment set the country apart from the United States and other European countries where many of the authorities, as well as corporations and prominent members of the public, denounced abuse and targeted its perpetrators.
The three judges of the presiding court – who all happened to be women – agreed with the defence that because of the public setting – in the atrium of the school with dozens of students present – the janitor’s actions did not have a lustful intent. The judges concluded that he had committed no crime.
“The Supreme Court in Italy had already clarified that the intent of the molester – libidinous or otherwise – is not relevant when establishing if he or she is guilty of sexual harassment,” said Mr Marco Bellandi Giuffrida, a court clerk in Cremona who has written about the ruling.
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