Dominic Raab is no more keen on the Equality Act than he is on the Human Rights Act
Esher and Walton MP Dominic Raab has just been made justice minister alongside Michael Gove.
Raab is a longtime critic of the Human Rights Act – this appointment looks like David Cameron’s way of saying he is serious about scrapping it. In January 2014 Raab voted to allow human rights grounds to be used to prevent a foreign criminal being deported only in cases where there would be a breach of right to life or the right not to be tortured.
In 2013, he voted to remove the duty on the Commission for Equality and Human Rights to work to support the development of a society in which people’s ability to achieve their potential is not limited by prejudice or discrimination.
And in 2013 he also voted against making it illegal to discriminate on grounds of caste.
Raab also took an unusual stance on gender equality in 2011, when he expressed his fears that ‘from the cradle to the grave, men are getting a raw deal’. He attacked the ‘obnoxious bigotry’ of feminists and complained that men work longer hours than women (no mention of pay gap etc).
“While we have some of the toughest anti-discrimination laws in the world, we are blind to some of the most flagrant discrimination – against men.”
Seeming to have fallen at the first hurdle – assuming that feminism is anti-men – Raab also suggested that men start ‘burning their briefs’, presumably as a long- overdue retaliation against the feminists of the sixties (who did not, in fact, burn their bras.)
Raab’s diatribe continued:
“Britain’s not perfect, and we will never eradicate all human prejudice.”
This is especially true when we do not understand that prejudice. Another interesting choice from David Cameron.
Ruby Stockham is a staff writer at Left Foot Forward. Follow her on Twitter
398 Responses to “He thinks feminists are ‘obnoxious bigots’: meet the new justice minister”
Ed
LOL – ‘that’s from opinion polling’. So we now resolve arguments by ‘opinion polling’, do we?
There are plenty of legitimate grievances that women have, and plenty of feminists who want genuine equality. Are they bigots? Nope. I suggest you start looking in the mirror.
Ed
Blah blah blah blah blah.
Except the evidence says otherwise. Grow up, prick.
Janet Wilkinson
We can see what he said as its written in the article….
I for one agree with him.
Chelsie
I work horrendously long hours, as a woman, and men in the same role as me are paid more than I am – they do not work longer hours than I do. All men do not work longer hours than all women. Many men are paid higher salaries for the same work women do irrelevant of time put in. This is inequality.
connor
@Bee The point your missing about male circumcision is that both are bad, you can argue that one is worse than the other, but as I said you are missing the point. Taking a knife to a baby that can’t consent is wrong however you look at it, surely you cannot argue that circumcision is right? There are no benefits. The only time that it should be done without consent of the child is when there is a medical reason.