{"id":8833,"date":"2016-11-29T13:53:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T13:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/eurobarometer-lithuanians-tend-to-justify-sexual-and-psychological-violence\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T15:34:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T15:34:36","slug":"eurobarometer-lithuanians-tend-to-justify-sexual-and-psychological-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/en\/eurobarometer-lithuanians-tend-to-justify-sexual-and-psychological-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurobarometer: Lithuanians tend to justify sexual and psychological violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lithuanians are most likely in the European Union (EU) to justify sexual and psychological violence in intimate partnership, shows the Eurobarometer survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More than a quarter of Lithuanian population believes that forcing a partner to have sex should not be prohibited by law. This is the highest rate throughout the EU.<\/p>\n

\u201cCode of Silence\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cThere is a \u201ccode of silence\u201d still prevalent on domestic sexual violence \u2013 there is no willingness to talk about it, and in the conversations, especially in the regions, we can still sometimes hear that it is considered a woman\u2019s duty to her husband\u201d, says Natalija Bitiukova, Deputy Director at the Human Rights Monitoring Institute.<\/p>\n

Only 57% of respondents in Lithuania believe that sexual violence against partner is or should be prohibited by law, while the EU average is 87%. Equally low numbers of respondents (58 %) believe that economic control over the partner is or should be considered a crime (EU average – 78%).<\/p>\n

Tend to deny women\u2019s sexual autonomy<\/h3>\n

According to Bitiukova, the tendency in Lithuania is to deny women\u2019s sexual autonomy, indirectly justifying invasive behaviors like sending sexually explicit messages, making ambiguous jokes, engaging in unwanted touching in the workplace.<\/p>\n

Bitiukova relates such trends with gender stereotypes prevalent in educational materials, absence of adequate sex education, repetitive questioning of a woman\u2019s autonomy by regularly attempting to ban abortion and stigmatizing contraception.<\/p>\n

Positive changes came with the law on protection against domestic violence<\/h3>\n

On the other hand, public education, training, legislative changes since 2011, when a protection from domestic violence law was initiated, did not go in vain. \u00a0\u201cMore people in Lithuania believe that domestic violence against women is widespread, compared to 2010\u201d, said the lawyer. According to her, this is confirmed by the official statistics – since 2012 reports of domestic violence are steadily growing and in 80% of all cases women are the victims.<\/p>\n

Based on BNS information<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lithuanians are most likely in the European Union (EU) to justify sexual and psychological violence in intimate partnership, shows the Eurobarometer survey. More than a quarter of Lithuanian population believes that forcing a partner to have sex should not be prohibited by law. This is the highest rate throughout the EU. \u201cCode of Silence\u201d \u201cThere …<\/p>\n

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