If ever anyone raises the question that men are not discriminated against and modern-day feminism is about the hatred of men, then all you have to do is to point to the extraordinary rant by the laughably named Equalities Minister, Lynne Featherstone.
At the Liberal Democrat Conference, her twisted hate for men was uncovered - and it sounded like she wanted to out-Harman Harman as being the UK's manhater-in-chief. She has form remember.
The first thing that strikes you about her speech is the fact that despite being the Minister for Equalities, there is no mention of the challenges facing men - unemployment, education, health (especially cancer), suicide, family justice and the lack of recognition in areas such as domestic abuse.
The other issue is that her hate-filled venom was not kept for the main stage, it was kept for a fringe meeting away from the glare of the national media. So she thought. As reported widely (see end), and to paraphrase, she not only said men were to blame for everything she also said that women had to grab the levers of power to be superior to men.
Reverse the genders and you could hung drawn and quartered, but people like Featherstone feel comfortable saying it.
One outcome and maybe it continues to be wishful thinking is that there seems to be a gradual increase in the number of people (both men and women) who want to ridicule the anti-male Marxist men-hating stance of people like Featherstone, Harman, Flint, Cooper etc.
Four Conservatives MP's do so as does Anne McElvoy in the Standard.
The point though is surely how can you have a Minister for Equalities who so obviously hates 50% of the population and is proud to say so.
Posted by Skimmington
Media coverage - The Sun (the headline should not be Lb Dem MP, but Government Minister!), Daily Mail and Evening Standard
In all fairness it's only 49% of the population she hates, though the flip-side of that is that she's preaching hatred against a minority group.
Other than that a perfect article.
Posted by: John Kimble | Tuesday, 20 September 2011 at 23:58
One positive is that it's good to see Featherstone fully expose and admit to her hatred of men. Everything she does very much hints at it and suggests it, but now we finally have the proof beyond any doubt.
In the past she sometimes came across as someone who just ignored men and all the issues they faced.
She's now come clean and it means we can put her in the man-hater category without the slightest doubt. Of course it would have been better if she'd been this honest before the election, it's hardly the safest Lib Dem seat so the loss of a few thousand male votes (and a fair few equality conscious females) would put her out of a job.
Posted by: John Kimble | Wednesday, 21 September 2011 at 00:35