Posted on 02/22/2022 4:42:08 AM PST by blam
The British government has rejected calls to make misogyny a new hate crime, arguing that it would only make it harder to prosecute sexual offences and domestic abuse cases.
The House of Lords inflicted a string of defeats on the government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill last month, passing a host of amendments including adding misogyny to existing hate crime laws.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has written to MPs setting out why she is opposed to the amendments and urging them to back the government’s bill.
The Home Office has cited the Law Commission, which advises ministers, as saying legislating to make misogyny a hate crime would prove “more harmful than helpful.”
In a review (pdf) published in December, the commission recommended that “sex and gender should not be added as a characteristic for the purposes of enhanced sentencing and aggravated offences,” as it may be “counterproductive in some respects.”
It said, “The particular model of hate crime laws is unlikely to prove an effective response to misogynistic offending, and may prove more harmful than helpful, both to victims of violence against women and girls, and also to efforts to tackle hate crime more broadly.”
If misogyny is made a hate crime, the commission said, it could become harder to convict sex offenders and domestic abusers as prosecutors would need to prove a hate crime had occurred as part of another offence such as rape.
Announcing her intention to write to MPs on Monday, Patel said that “there are still too many criminals getting off with inadequate sentences for appalling acts of violence and sexual offences and still people who feel unsafe walking the streets or in their own homes.”
“This bill is vitally important as we overhaul the criminal justice system and make our streets safer. It must be passed soon so that we can continue to cut crime, reduce violence, and protect women and girls,” she said.
The Home Office said the revised version of the draft law will see a number of measures tightened, including extending the time limit for prosecution of common assault or battery in domestic abuse cases.
Home Office officials said ministers would also “continue fighting” to bring in increase police powers for dealing with “highly disruptive protests.”
The bill will be back in the House of Commons for consideration on Feb. 28.
Yvette Cooper, Labour’s shadow home secretary, said crime is “rising” and that Patel was “refusing” to take “major steps” to keep communities safe.
Reveals how entirely fallacious the basic premise of "hate crime" is!
Regards,
Misogyny can never be a "hate crime" because they'd have to charge women with it all the time.
Without a complimentary misandry statute this would just become another weaponized law. Hate crime enhancements were always a slippery slope and if they’re not fairly applied it’s an erosion of equal justice under law and undermines civil rights and an orderly society that sees red, white and blue rather than shades of pigmentation.
No it’s acceptable, like blacks using the N word.
I suspect Deep States all over the globe are filled with misogynists.
It would explain a lot.
And modern feminists are handmaidens for Deep States’ misogynists.
You’d have to define male/female first and I don’t think British parliament has the guts to do that .
No it doesn’t.
Just press different charges. A crime occurs when certain actions are taken regardless of whether you can “prove” a “hate crime” was part of it.
This is because THE ELITES would be charged with it.
A misogynist is a man who hates women as much as women hate women.
The elephant in the room is that this is even being considered. The lack of wisdom is staggering.
Liberals hate women more than anyone, and are constantly seeking to destroy womanhood and femininity. They think for a woman to have any value, she has to adopt traits of a man.
Oh man.
“Hon, do these pants make my butt look big?”
It was hard enough to answer before, now I could go to jail.
It is pandering to a specific group just like any hate crime law or any law, such as gun laws, that target a specific group. The goal is to obtain votes. Some animals are more equal than others.
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