Oh right, women exist!
Well there’s a surprise.
Extreme misogyny to be treated as terrorism
Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, has ordered a review of Britain’s counter-extremism strategy to urgently address gaps in the Government’s stance, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
It will look at tackling violence against women and girls in the same way as Islamist and far-Right extremism, amid fears that current Home Office guidance is too narrow.
It’s nice that they’ve at least noticed finally. I’m so sick of seeing the lists of persecuted groups that always always always leave women out. I saw another one just this morning.
The move comes after Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said that violence against women and girls should be treated as a national security threat.
Speaking in the wake of a damning report into the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Scotland Yard officer, he warned that hundreds of thousands of sex abusers and paedophiles were at large and tackling them would require more resources from future governments.
Last month, the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) published a major report into violence against women and girls, calling for an overhaul in the way it is dealt with owing to the “epidemic scale” of offending
Well it’s about fucking time. Did they think women are just expendable, or what?
This is potentially good news if they actually do anything. My guess is the Government will promptly define misogyny to include misgendering trans women, non-binary, and queer people. It will become an avenue to attack holding gc beliefs.
No, No, No! A thousand times NO!
Violence against women and girls must never be tolerated, perpetrators must be caught and punished, and laws need to carry a range of punishments up to and including life in prison.
But the last thing we need is to have VAWG equated with terrorism. Too many laws are being rushed in under the guise of “national security”. It is not a national security threat, it does not need MI5, MI6, Five Eyes, the SIS, the SAS, or any of the other mysterious agencies. It does not need the already miniscule amount of funding spread thinner over more agencies. It needs better resourcing of Police forces, better training of Police officers, and better funding for community support for the victims of VAWG. It could start with weeding out the misogynists and the perpetrators already in UK Police. It could start with better recruitment of Police.
Don’t they need to figure out wtf a woman even is first?
I’ve got a tenner says that the first prosecution will involve a man who says he’s a woman.
Yes, Rev, I suspect the SAS rappelling from the roof and bursting through windows is probably not the best way to fight misogynist violence. It’s just giving the police bigger weapons and the police are the main point of failure here.