Italian women pay the ultimate price for jilting their lovers

[Elmore Furth]

Ah, the craziness of love.

In the eight weeks to last Sunday, eight Italian women died in strikingly similar circumstances that indicate a change in the usual motivation for "crimes of passion". Their deaths have prompted anguished discussion about the interaction between the sexes in today's Italy. All the women were killed by men who were unable to accept rejection.

"There is no infidelity at the root of these crimes," said Fabio Piacenti, the president of Eures, a social research institute. "On the contrary, infidelity is even tolerated so long as the relationship continues. What some men find intolerable is the breaking up."

Not the least of the questioning prompted by the killings has concerned the effectiveness of a new law on stalking. Last February, the government introduced legislation imposing penalties of up to four years in jail. But the indifference of police and courts to what is still often viewed as a private matter has yet to be eroded. Sonia Balconi's husband had reported her killer seven times.



Italian women pay the ultimate price for jilting their lovers

[kayakjohnny]

1. Crap. I hate stories like this.

I've helped so many women out of stalking situations. And they were all tough. I stressed myself out completely when it came time to confront the stalkers. Luckily for me and the women, the bastards backed down at the last moment.

Damn these fuckers that can't get a grip on their emotions.

[meow2u3]

2. If I can't have you, no one else will?!

Bastards! :wtf: