I think there’s something missing…

[Motorina]

This just popped up on my FB feed. Trying to work out how to phrase a reply!

ARGH! People really do hate women don't they?

I know that they're technically correct, in that misogyny is not a hate crime. But it really should be!

It's not a hate crime if you abuse someone because of their sex. It's not covered.

And certain angry men certainly take advantage of the fact!

And why is a "hate crime" worse than a crime?

It really puts it into context that abusing a woman isn't a hate crime but abusing a person with any other protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 is.

Not only does the poster not mention misogyny (which is legally correct) but it has a woman commiting the hate crime against a man with her grumpy female friends looking on.

@Piapiano doesn't it just. It really does read, "You mustn't abuse any of these groups, but it's open season on women..."

I know the person in the photo-fit - it’s Meghan Markle!

All the abusers are women. The victim is a man. That's not an accident.

Oh yes because you frequently see women abusing disabled men on the bus 🙄

What is on that women's face? I feel I am missing something.

Maybe it's the UK Women's Weightlifting Team minibus?

I don't understand this advert? Why are a load of women shown possible but not clearly tormenting a man in a wheelchair on a bus (not exactly a common situation) & what the heck does one of them have on her face?

The poster is baffling, as ColdAsMice says.

It's also inaccurate. Hurling verbal abuse at someone because they are black, gay, transgender, whatever, is not a hate crime. A hate crime is an ordinary crime (say beating someone up) where hate is a motivating factor. So if you beat someone up because you didn't like the look of him, that's a crime. If you beat him up because he's gay, that's a hate crime.

@ColdAsMice

I don't understand this advert? Why are a load of women shown possible but not clearly tormenting a man in a wheelchair on a bus (not exactly a common situation) & what the heck does one of them have on her face?

Glad it isn't just me. Presumably they haven't refused to move for him. Perhaps he stood her up or dumped her in a horrid way. Maybe she is calling him vile names, we have no idea.

Harassment is a crime though (which requires two incidents I think), and that is usually what is being referred to when they describe this kind of thing as a hate crime. So the crime is harassment and it becomes a hate crime if that crime of harassment is seen as being motivated by hostility because of a relevant protected characteristic.

I don't understand that poster at all. What's it even meant to be showing? And how many times do women insult men in wheelchairs?

I know the person in the photo-fit - it’s Meghan Markle!

It does bear a resemblance