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.
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398 Responses to “He thinks feminists are ‘obnoxious bigots’: meet the new justice minister”
fmf
Really? I think they seem anti-human.
fmf
Also I swear to GOD if you DARE to link me to that massive copy-paste of male murder victims and female murders which has NO CONTEXT and no clear examples of anyone being murdered by a woman specifically for being male, I’ll fucking break something I’m honestly so sick of that damn post. For the record I know women do commit crimes, we all do, we’re all crappy humans.
Bryan Scandrett
Get your boyfriend to explain search engines and search terms.
Then type in ‘circumcision gone wrong’ or such until you find what you’re looking for.
Why all the affected horror. As a parent, child nudity isn’t a sexual opportunity but a part of normal parenting. To discuss CGM is to discuss child genitals. If you’re not prepared for the realities of the issue, WTF are you doing trying to argue with people about it?
Would it make you feel better if these babies were known to you.
A really inappropriate response in my view. Normal to me would be an all consuming concern for the suffering of these young men. But then, I am becoming accustomed to women who are unable to relate to male pain. Don’t understand it as I have no issue with empathizing female pain but I am getting used to it. Being an MRA, I get to see a lot of it.
If you could, you’d have no issue what ever dropping the term, FGM and joining both into a genderless action across the globe.
j.d.troughton
Everything has context. Recognizing that you can’t refute a piece of solid evidence, and mentioning you know of its existence but dismissing it baselessly isn’t a refutation.
j.d.troughton
You’re either disingenous or vapid.