Misogyny to be recorded as hate crime

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-no ... e-36775398

Misogyny to be recorded as hate crime

Harassment of women is to be recorded as a hate crime in a bid to tackle sexist abuse.
Nottinghamshire Police said it would expand its categories to include misogynistic incidents.

It means abuse or harassment which might not be a crime can be reported to and investigated by the police and support for the victim put in place.
Nottingham Women's Centre said it hopes it will help give more victims the courage to report incidents.
Chief Constable Sue Fish claimed it will make the county a safer place for women.

"What women face, often on a daily basis, is absolutely unacceptable and can be extremely distressing," she said.
"Nottinghamshire Police is committed to taking misogynistic hate crime seriously and encourages anyone who is affected by it to contact us without hesitation."
Work on the idea first started with the Nottinghamshire Safer for Women Conference last year, co-hosted by the police with the Nottingham Women's Centre.
BBC TV reporter Sarah Teale was harassed in the street while reporting on the conference.

The force defines misogyny hate crime as: "Incidents against women that are motivated by an attitude of a man towards a woman and includes behaviour targeted towards a woman by men simply because they are a woman."
The classification now means people can report incidents which might not be considered to be a crime and the police will investigate.
Specially trained officers will also examine if and how a victim can be supported or if anything can be done to help prevent them being targeted again.

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[pErvinalia]

The world is so against us men right now.

[JimC]

The words "make me a sammich" must never pass our lips in future...

[pErvinalia]

That's no kind of future for anyone.

[DRSB]

Before European Christians Forced Gender Roles, Native Americans Acknowledged 5 Genders

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/06/19/ ... 5-genders/

[mistermack]

Before European Christians Forced Gender Roles, Native Americans Acknowledged 5 Genders

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/06/19/ ... 5-genders/

Shaman on them !

[laklak]

5 genders? Excellent. Now there are 4 people to make me a sammich.

[tattuchu]

Is there any crime that's not a hate crime? I'm guessing very few crimes are done out of kindness.

[laklak]

You've got to be cruel to be kind, you know.

[tattuchu]

You've got to be cruel to be kind, you know.

In the right measure.

[Seth]

The force defines misogyny hate crime as: "Incidents against women that are motivated by an attitude of a man towards a woman and includes behaviour targeted towards a woman by men simply because they are a woman."

In other words, walking up to a babe in a bar and saying, "Hey, beautiful, can I buy you a drink?" is now a hate crime because it's "motivated by an attitude of a man towards a woman and including behaviour targeted towards a woman by men simply because they are a woman."

And you think OUR police are idiots...

Fuckwits.

[JimC]

I think you'll find that most in this forum see this move as over the top (as shown in your example), unless it was targeted at the very extreme examples, like constantly bombarding female bloggers with graphic threats of rape...

[cronus]

It's gonna be too risky opening doors now. Wouldn't like a lady to get the wrong idea about my motives.

[JimC]

It's gonna be too risky opening doors now. Wouldn't like a lady to get the wrong idea about my motives.

laklak will still open at least one door...

The one leading to his basement...

[rachelbean]

When I lived on my own in Southern California a guy got my address off of a work form (after seeing me in a shop he worked), showed up at my house and tried to push his way inside. I called the cops and they wouldn't even take a report. I think there is probably a rational balance between these two types of scenarios