If your goal is to act as a deterrent then harsher sentences do not work, at least according to research.

At this point, we think it is fair to say that we know of no reputable criminologist who has looked carefully at the overall body of research literature on “deterrence through sentencing” who believes that crime rates will be reduced, through deterrence, by raising the severity of sentences handed down in criminal courts.

https://www.crimsl.utoronto.ca/research-publications/faculty-publications/issues-related-harsh-sentences-and-mandatory-minimum

I mean… if something is illegal but the penalties are low or enforcement nonexistent then it’s more like a recommendation. Fines become a “cost of doing business”.

Is this fictional? I thought that this was actually true from the Social Union in WWII. Maybe in the battle of Stalingrad?

I think it’s an oversimplification to say that it was never enforced:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniconism_in_Islam

I didn’t think women were ever independent in Saudi Arabia, but were basically owned by their closest male relative?

EDIT:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/03/08/saudi-arabia-law-enshrines-male-guardianship

I joined the Democratic party in 2016 just so that I could vote for Bernie in the primaries. Oh well.

I think that it’s not always just about harassment, but sometimes just wanting to be left alone?