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Is this hate speech against women?

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Cleebope2 · 12/12/2020 18:41

I was queueing to get into Boots in a city centre today and a man with a megaphone was standing shouting at the women in the queue that we are sinful and will burn in hell for buying beauty products. Make up is from the devil and real beauty in women does not need make up. Beauty products pit women against each other. He was aggressive and intimidating. As we entered the door he shouted at each women that she was entering the threshold of Hell. There were many young women in the queue who were silent and put their heads down. No one confronted him. I was angry and asked the women who was monitoring the entrance if I could report this hate speech to the manager. She said he is there all the time and they can’t do anything about it. He moved on when he saw I was trying to report him but he just started all over again at Primark down the street. What can be done to stop this misogyny in a public place? I filled in an online form when I got home but I’m sure it won’t be taken seriously.

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queenofknives · 12/12/2020 18:54

Funny how all the sympathy is immediately with the man, even on FWR!! If he'd been calling out racist/homophobic/racist abuse I wonder how long he'd have lasted. Also someone angry and mental enough to get out a megaphone to yell at women in public could easily escalate to physical violence. Call the police next time. It's probable they've had to move him on before, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't come out and move him on again.

Bbq1 · 12/12/2020 18:50

The man sounds clearly unwell and more likely needs some support from a mh team than to be called out as a "misogynist".

KristinaJup · 12/12/2020 18:50

I mean he sounds like he might have... you know...some serious mental problems. I would notify security guards or even call non emergency police but someone doing that is probably quite unpredictable so would not recommend confronting directly