Hate crime

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Apologies for putting this in here, but it is tangentially related, and I know there are lots of people who know things in here

A hate crime (in Scotland, not checked rUK) is

Crime motivated by malice or ill will towards a social group by:

Race.
Sexual orientation.
Religion/faith.
Disability.
Transgender/gender identity

The protected characteristics are

age
disability
gender reassignment
marriage and civil partnership
pregnancy and maternity
race
religion or belief
sex
sexual orientation

Why are age / marital status / pregnancy / or sex not covered by hate crimes? Admittedly I don't think many people get abused for being married, but people definitely get abuse for being old, or a woman.

This is exactly what I've been saying, although I think people often construe it as me calling feminists hypocrites, which wasn't my intention.

I certainly think that the trans lobby in adopting these tactics are doing it with the sincere and earnest belief they are justified in their quest, but some of their supposed 'hate crimes' are a bit far fetched IMO (although of course there have been questionable examples from both sides).