Yesterday was International Women’s Day
and female MPs marked the occasion by having a Commons debate about
turning misogyny into a hate crime.
There
was no talk of turning misandry (contempt for men) into a hate crime,
an oversight which should get them all locked up in sexist jail, but
never mind. ...........
It’s utterly unacceptable for men to think
they can go around inappropriately touching women, leering at them or
frightening them without expecting official reprimand and punishment.
But
while such behaviour is boorish, sexist, bullying and sometimes even
illegal, I feel uneasy about it being rebranded as a hate crime.
After all, what isn’t a hate crime these days?
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from the comments :
"All of this so called 'hate' crime legislation should be repealed as it is the slippery slope to totalitarianism. There were perfectly adequate laws in place to deal with wrongdoing before this attempt to enshrine political correctness in law was introduced. Another legacy of the disastrous Blair years. "
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from the comments :
"All of this so called 'hate' crime legislation should be repealed as it is the slippery slope to totalitarianism. There were perfectly adequate laws in place to deal with wrongdoing before this attempt to enshrine political correctness in law was introduced. Another legacy of the disastrous Blair years. "
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