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”
j.d.troughton
No I can’t entertain logical fallacy, sexism, and the conflation of self-fulfilling prophecy and bad statistical analysis with “research”. I would love if women were equal but it seems that this means more privilege and power in society without equal expectation and responsibility, and that’s neither equality nor acceptable.
You’ve literally only had personal attacks to offer here, so your weak position has given out. You are not dealing with the reality and arguments presented to you, only the conclusions you’ve jumped to in prejudice.
j.d.troughton
Haha Ed, feminists aren’t allowed to acknowledge that. Undermines the whole game.
sarntcrip
i’ma bloke with enough self confidence not to see feminism as a threat it’s not about hating menit’s about beingprofemale equality with male.
Steven
You’re engaging in what is known as the “Front Man Fallacy”
Sure – the top 1% are often men – but for whom are they advocating? Other men!? Where are the “men’s only scholarships”? Why is it over 60% of incoming freshmen in university are women? Why are the homeless overwhelmingly men? Why is male suicide 3-4 times that of women? Where are the shelters and advocates for men?
If those at the top were helping men those questions I asked would be irrelevant – but instead they are often mocked.
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Finally someone with balls to tell the truth . We need ore people like him . God bless him . Good men .