My thoughts on amendment 87b to the #DomesticAbuseBill (making misogyny a hate crime). We shouldn't allow the tragedy of last week and the outrage over Sarah Everard's brutal murder to be exploited in a way that won't help women... (1/5)
While it's understandable that many have demanded action, we have to dispassionately consider the details of this law. We've been told that the police are institutionally misogynistic - do we really believe that the police hate women? Has misogyny become a catch-all term?...(2/5)
We're told that this is about accurately collecting data - but how do you quantify or record 'hate' reliably when it is based on the perception of the victim, rather than an understanding of the motive of the accused?...(3/5)
Making misogyny a hate crime would risk criminalising a range of behaviours - including speech. And when it comes to speech, isn't it ironic that this amendment about hatred of women, fails to mention the word women? (Using instead 'persons of a particular sex or gender')...(4/5)
If this amendment is about clarity, it's failing. What happens if a woman misgenders her child - will she be the perpetrator or the victim? I can't see how this will bring clarity or understanding about the prevalence of misogyny - OR, indeed, prevent incidents of domestic abuse.
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