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
Hey don’t get mad at me just because you can’t deny that some men hate women.
fmf
I know women do bad things. I also know that doing a bad thing to someone isn’t necessarily about their gender or any other trait, so that list is inaccessible and a poor source for the claim you are trying to make. Feel free to get an example from that list, but a list itself is inaccessible, quantity is not a substitute for quality.
I could link you to a 5000 page book, but without a specific reference my source would be inaccessible and useless.
Rex Duis
Where did I say ‘woman’ was synonymous with ‘feminist’?
What do you mean the sexes don’t ‘have to be that different’? We are inherently different. So in what ways do you mean? Equal rights? Equal social treatment?
Sorry I left out the info about the feminists on the Child Eyes page.. go have a look, it’s probably still there. I don’t have access anymore because they banned me for standing up to their misandry. Some of them openly admitted to being feminists and others said that they didn’t care whose rights they infringed on or which draconian measures were put in place to restrict our rights and freedoms so long as their children were safe.
They just weren’t thinking of the wider picture. And that narrow self-focus is dangerous because it means a woman with a child in that mindset can be manipulated and I believe that’s precisely what the government is doing. There are an increasing number of single mothers out there and they are being tempted with tasty treats in exchange for the rights and freedoms of the rest of us and we need to put a stop to it or we’re all toast.
fmf
Honestly, I really resent the implication that my reaction was fake, but I do see your broader point. I did in fact later look into more detail, and I am more convinced of at least the first example. (Yes, I know that *sounds* fake, you don’t HAVE to believe me.)
I’ve just been burnt too many times by shocking images that have actually been taken out of context from single issue groups, like with abortion, which often uses misleading or fake images to condemn abortion.
I still fail to see how completely merging the two differently motivated and different cultural practices would make anything more effective. Like, I guess it would end the “but what about boys” and the “what about girls” respectively, but it might also mean that collectively they face more opposition. It starts, in my mind, to look more like a religious battle than a wellbeing one, simply because of the unfortunate coincidence of those who practice GC….idk. Theoretically, it sounds good but maybe too ambitious and broad, rather than a piecemeal approach.
j.d.troughton
Some men hate women.