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[–]anonymale[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Background

One regional UK police force, Nottinghamshire constabulary under chief constable Sue Fish, started recording misogyny as a hate crime in 2016. This is a 2016 article about early results:

Six things we've learned about misogyny as a hate crime

An interim report was released in 2018. From the press release:

People in Nottinghamshire will not tolerate misogyny hate crime and a policy introduced in 2016 is already shifting the attitudes of both victims and potential perpetrators, according to a new report. Over 87 per cent of people surveyed thought a policy change two years ago to make misogyny a hate crime in Nottinghamshire, was a good idea.

Predictably, men provided plenty of evidence that the initiative is necessary:

A woman who helped launch a police campaign to record misogyny as a hate crime has received hundreds of abusive messages. Melanie Jeffs said one person "threatened to put a machete" through the back of her head.

[–]jelliknight 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sex should absolutely be added to the hate crimes legislation. The only reason is wasn't is because so many crimes would become hate crimes. Rape and domestic violence for example. Any crime directed against a random woman because she is female is a hate crime.