Government launches national taskforce aimed at tackling misogyny across society

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'No woman should have to curb ambitions out of fear': National taskforce to tackle misogyny launched | UK News | Sky News

Yawn.

Yet another attempt to "deal with misogyny."

How about starting with a bold, public statement, Bridget: "Stop pretending that men can be women and learn to deal with reality. Women and girls have rights, too."

A national taskforce aimed at tackling misogyny across society has been launched by the government.

The group will seek to root out harmful attitudes online, in workplaces and within communities, bringing together representatives from women's organisations, academia, local leaders and ministers.

Women and equalities minister Bridget Phillipson told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Kamal Ahmedthat the taskforce "will tackle some of the attitudes that we've seen develop, particularly in recent years, that I thought were a thing of the past".

She continued: "And I want women to live lives of opportunity, of freedom, and not to have to worry about whether they feel safe on the street, whether they're safe in their own home, about whether they'll face harassment on public transport, attitudes in our schools that young girls will experience.

Agree with you both.

She won’t be dealing with the men who feel entitled to use women’s spaces or the growing numbers of unisex spaces introduced at the expense of women’s safety in a vain attempt to appease said men.

She won’t be tackling the belief systems of a growing cohort of men who believe that it is ok to marry children, that women are worth half a man and should cover themselves or be considered a candidate for rape.

I just wonder what has gone wrong in the brains of women like her that stops her from seeing what she is supporting.

This would be laughable it if wasn't so fucking awful.

Not only can she not define what a woman is she thinks a mantilla is the same as a burka.
https://x.com/roseveniceallan/status/2101673844192715059

No one is pretending that though.

Misogyny is schools is a real thing. I've been teaching for 25+ years and it's never been so bad. It needs to be stopped at an early age. This is not a race issue as it's boys of all races that treat the girls like second class citizens. Some of the things I have seen and heard said are vile. The way the boys talk about sex, making 'shag or not' lists, discussing anal, smashing and oral. It's degrading - and this is what I hear as a teacher!
The way about of boys speak and behave to female teachers is appalling. I'm in my 50s and fat yet have had many sexual comments made ... the problem is that punishment tends to be laughed at as 'he's only being a boy' mainly by their fathers ...

Wouldn't surprise me.
"And now, in the studio to talk about tackling misogyny, is Miss Fanny Fishy!" <Hearty round of applause>

there are a lot of assumptions here.

The law is clarified and BP is using the correct term for adult human female.

I’ve said it before but there a lot of people on this board who try to ignore it. The statutory RSE guidelines and impact statement specifically reference FWS. And that pupils should be taught the facts about sex and gender. And single sex spaces are ensconced fully in all safeguarding guidelines for education. It’s even got detransition and living in stealth in there. Yes there are issues with it but there are issues with Cass, upon which it was based, and also, FWS was very clear that trans identified males are to be respected. Just not as actual women.

All that had to happen before any educational work on misogyny for precisely the reasons you’re describing.

The issue is going to be that a lot of people simply do not want to limit misogyny to women but they’re going to have to now as it’s the law.

Quite where has she said that trans identified males are women?

She means women.

And nothing it going to change in the police until misogyny is properly challenged

And nothing is going to change while intersectional feminism continues to have a stranglehold on policy as far as I can see.
View from Terf Times
x.com/TERF_Times/status/2101821758005182490

Perhaps she'll have a word with the Archbishop of Canterbury?

That's a fair point. I think we're so distrustful as we know this government have had to be dragged kicking and screaming to face reality. And none of these senior politicians (including Burnham) have the confidence to tell all the trans extremists running riot in politics / the civil service to STFU and obey the law. So trust is at an all time low.

She means women.

Does she? The point that many posters are making, and which is clearly evident in the rest of the thread, is that her taskforce is full of people who define "women" as "a group which includes some men."

This taskforce will start at cross purposes if Bridget means actual women when she says "women" but the rest of her taskforce means "men, but only the ones who want to be women."

And, as @MrsOvertonsWindow has said, there's the trust issue.

I want the government to tackle misogyny, but the starting point has to be clear definitions based on reality. Gathering together various organizations who think men can be women is not a good starting point.

Thanks to @Imnobody4 , here's the Terf Times article (we on this thread are not the only ones to have noticed Bridget's skirting around the major elephant in the room):

https://www.terftimes.com/p/woman-up-bridget/

I get there’s a trust issue but there’s no way she can go against what is the established law.

My points about the STATUTORY RSE guidelines are that she over saw the development of that as education sec and, as I said, it specifically refers to FWS ruling.

Totally apart from the gender ideology question. This looks like it will be very expensive and very ineffective.

Probably will be nice for the people drawing the salaries.

I think that's probably the best summary of this entire government I've seen so far.

That is the more concerning factor in my opinion.