🧵An important factual thread from @Broonjunior KC, in contrast to some of the deliberate misinformation doing the rounds. Also worth reading interview from Baroness Kennedy, a lifelong advocate for women's rights who led the working group on misogyny. theguardian.com/law/2021/feb/2…
🧵An important factual thread from @Broonjunior KC, in contrast to some of the deliberate misinformation doing the rounds. Also worth reading interview from Baroness Kennedy, a lifelong advocate for women's rights who led the working group on misogyny. theguardian.com/law/2021/feb/2…
Baroness Kennedy’s report clearly recommended that the proposed offences in a misogyny bill should apply where the victims are ‘women or those who perpetrators perceive to be women’ this aligns with existing legislation protecting people from abuse that is motivated by prejudice.
If a man threatens to rape a woman, he is unlikely to know if the victim is born a woman or a trans woman. That behaviour should logically be seen as misogynistic. Again, this aligns with existing legislation protecting people from abuse motivated by prejudice. This is not new.
The faux outrage claiming trans women have "double protection" under the law because of who they are is as ludicrous as being upset that a disabled Black woman has triple protection under the law. It in no way diminishes protection against misogyny for those who are born women.
@HumzaYousaf Oh, don't you worry, baby. My outrage is real.