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MPs to decide whether to make misogyny a hate crime

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HavingALittleBabyToolshed · 03/09/2018 01:42

www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/02/mps-to-decide-whether-make-misogyny-hate-crime?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

MPs will vote this week on whether to make misogyny a hate crime for the first time, as the campaign to compel police forces across the UK to recognise street harassment of women as a hate crime gathers momentum.

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IAmLurkacus · 03/09/2018 06:40

Owen Jones has been getting ahead of the game, though: deleting all tweets where he used the epithet, 'TERF'. Not that TERF is a lie, of course.

But Owen’s in the right side of history? Why would he need to delete tweets? I’m confused Confused

LadybirdsAreBirds · 03/09/2018 06:33

Owen Jones has been deleting tweets where he calls woman TERFs ?

Is the penny dropping that Owen 'Wrong Side of History" Jones may, in fact be on the wrong side of history?

And is trying to re-write history

Destinysdaughter · 03/09/2018 06:18

Wow I’d love this to happen. The cynic in me thinks it won’t but curious to see what spurious justifications are given as to why it won’t.

Since most MPs are men, surely it’s like asking the foxes to vote on whether they shouldn’t be allowed in the henhouse..?

Charliethefeminist · 03/09/2018 05:17

You always spell it wrong

AssassinatedBeauty · 03/09/2018 05:16

Hmm. Is hating men misogyny? Let me think about that for a tiny moment...

As if anyone actually hates all men just because they are men. I think you'll find that just isn't a widespread problem that needs urgently addressing, Vicky1990.

Vicky1990 · 03/09/2018 05:11

Is this also going to apply to femanist who hate men?, just a thought.
If so then a lot of threads on Mums Net will be banned .

Charliethefeminist · 03/09/2018 04:34

Stella Creasy. Possible attempt to steal the meaning of the word woman by the back door, like in Scotland?

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HavingALittleBabyToolshed · 03/09/2018 03:25

How's that going to work if you can self-identify?
Well exactly!

As great an idea as it is, I can’t see how this will work in practice.

I also see the theft of womanhood as one of the ultimate forms of misogyny but I don’t think that would wash with the woke brigade.

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tworoundsofwaterplease · 03/09/2018 03:24

I would love for this to be implemented for women and not those 'women' who have penises

NotBadConsidering · 03/09/2018 03:17

This could be very useful. The only way misogyny can be applied as a hate crime is if “woman” is defined biologically as it is now unless you’re making up your own language. You can’t have a misogynistic hate crime against a trans woman for example, or it’s just another bit of appropriation. The cynic in me thinks this would be the very reason for it not to be accepted Hmm.

tobee · 03/09/2018 02:56

Exactly what I was thinking thecat

thecatfromjapan · 03/09/2018 02:16

How's that going to work if you can self-identify?

Owen Jones has been getting ahead of the game, though: deleting all tweets where he used the epithet, 'TERF'. Not that TERF is a lie, of course.

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