(graphic from Youth Endowment Fund 2024)
By William Collins: This government (and the last) are so concerned about violence against women and girls (VAWG) that the matter is being addressed in a bewildering number of different pieces of primary legislation. Here I pull together the recent vehicles used for that purpose. I address the following in turn,
- Scottish Misogyny Bill (withdrawn)
- Online Safety Act (and Ofcom guidance)
- Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023 (and Public Order Act 1986)
- Crime & Policing Bill (in progress)
- Terrorism Act 2000 (and Prevent)
- The actual empirical evidence about harassment and misandry cf misogyny.
The prejudice against men and boys is palpable throughout. Things are now so bad that even The New Statesman has realised that misandry is the real problem: Why do young women hate men?
