Jess Phillips MP has responded to the House of Lords voting this week to make misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales, saying that she is “very anxious” about the idea of victims of domestic abuse or rape having to prove misogyny has taken place in order to secure stricter sentencing.
“There is a fundamental failing when every other characteristic in the equality act is recognised as a hate crime and misogyny isn’t. There’s a basic line there of ‘oh yeah we just expect women to take this s**t’ basically – it’s socially acceptable to be sexist,” Phillips said.
