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”
hippecampre
This guy sounds awesome. Sorry ladies. I would suggest you all get a haircut and get a job.
hippecampre
haha the wimpy mangina attempts to shame.
Ruth
Saying a Feminist is the same as a Man-hater is like saying a UKIP voter is a National Front Activist. Learn the language mate.
Steven
Let’s debunk this one at a time:
1) When Erin Pizzey tried to open the first DV shelter in the UK she was told “well, no one is calling asking for shelters, so there must not be a problem”
But the problem was (for women then, for men now) that since there WERE NO SHELTERS for women, no one called. Same now for men.
Once the shelters for women opened, whadda ya know, the calls poured in.
And, of course, the same feminists who put out the “men are evil” stats, are the same one who take tax money, but deny services for men.
2) Even **1** woman (or man) being raped is wrong. But 1/3 to 1/5 are a set of bald faced lies that have been debunked over and over.
Feminists claim that men don’t care – which is funny – considering the amount of male politicians that help, benefits given by stars, programs men participate in etc.
You know who doesn’t care? Feminists. The money for rape victims disproportionately goes to upper class white women in college, and not to women of color in poorer areas who are raped at a higher rate.
It’s almost like they care more about an ideology than people. And forget the funding for men – that’s a non-issue for feminists, despite the men being raped.
3) Men are the #1 victims of violence. And here’s the sick part – whenever I bring that up, the feminist response to that is “but, it’s other men doing it.
Complete dismissive comment that immediately denies the humanity of the victims.
Where is the empathy they claim to have for victims?
Christoph B.
Feminism touts itself as being for equality, but if you look at actual feminist policies and actions, it’s more like “equality only in those cases where it’s good for women”. I’m fed up with feminism. No more!