Extreme Misogyny to be Treated as Terrorism
Really?
Has Great Britain gone mad?
Hard to believe but there is now evidence that Great Britain is about to label misogyny as terrorism. They are specific about “Right Wing Terrorists“ and also “Incels“ who are both labelled as dangerous. They discuss how violence against women is:
Violence Against women is ‘National Security Threat’
The move comes after Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said that violence against women and girls should be treated as a national security threat.
Amazing! But it gets worse:
This could mean teachers will be legally required to refer pupils they suspect of extreme misogyny to Prevent, the Government’s counter-terror programme.
Is this starting to sound like pre-WWII Germany?
It is difficult to express all the things that are wrong with this. Have a look and comment on what you think is wrong with it.
Extreme misogyny will be treated as terrorism for the first time under Government plans to combat the radicalisation of young men online.
Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, has ordered a review of Britain’s counter-terrorism strategy to urgently address gaps in the Government’s stance on extremism, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
It will look at tackling violence against women and girls in the same way as Islamist and far-Right extremism, amid fears that current Home Office guidance is too narrow.
This could mean teachers will be legally required to refer pupils they suspect of extreme misogyny to Prevent, the Government’s counter-terror programme.
It comes after warnings that misogynistic influencers are radicalising teenage boys online.
Ms Cooper said: “For too long, Governments have failed to address the rise in extremism, both online and on our streets, and we’ve seen the number of young people radicalised online grow. Hateful incitement of all kinds fractures and frays the very fabric of our communities and our democracy.”
There are several extremism categories ranked by the Home Office as an area of “concern”, including Islamist, extreme Right-wing, animal rights, environmental and Northern Ireland related extremism.
There is also a category for “incel” – an abbreviation of the term “involuntary celibate” – which refers to a male subculture that includes violent feelings towards women as a result of feeling rejected. Officials now fear that this category does not capture other forms of extreme misogyny.
Teachers, healthcare professionals and local authority staff are under a legal duty to make a referral to the Prevent scheme if they believe someone is susceptible to becoming radicalised.
Anyone who is referred to Prevent is then assessed by their local authority and the police to see if they need to be deradicalised.
There were 6,817 Prevent referrals in 2022-23, with the highest proportion of referrals were classified under the broad category of “vulnerability present but no ideology of counter-terrorism risk”, at 37 per cent, followed by extreme Right-wing at 19 per cent and Islamist extremism at 11 per cent.
Violence against women is ‘national security threat’
The move comes after Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said that violence against women and girls should be treated as a national security threat.
Speaking in the wake of a damning report into the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Scotland Yard officer, he warned that hundreds of thousands of sex abusers and paedophiles were at large and tackling them would require more resources from future governments.
Last month, the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) published a major report into violence against women and girls, calling for an overhaul in the way it is dealt with owing to the “epidemic scale” of offending.
Influencers accused of radicalising boys
Elsewhere, police chiefs have accused online influencers like Andrew Tate of radicalising boys into extreme misogyny in a way that is “quite terrifying”.
Maggie Blyth, the NPCC lead for violence against women and girls, said young men and boys are at risk of being radicalised in the same way that terrorists draw in followers.
Tate is a controversial British-American influencer and self-proclaimed “misogynist” who rose to fame after appearing on Big Brother in 2016.
He is currently awaiting trial in Romania over allegations of rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. He denies the charges.
Review will dictate new counter-extremism strategy
Ms Cooper’s rapid review, which will be completed later this Autumn, will form the basis of a new counter-extremism strategy which the Home Office intends to launch early next year.
Officials will examine emerging ideologies which are gaining momentum, and will assess any gaps in the current system which leave the country “exposed” to threats that promote violence or undermine democracy.
They will look at the rise of Islamist and far-Right extremism as well as beliefs which fit into broader categories such as an obsession with violence.
The Home Office has previously been criticised for failing to get a grip on domestic extremism. Earlier this year, the independent reviewer of Prevent warned that Islamist extremism is not being effectively tackled by the Government and it is fuelling a “dangerous” surge in anti-Semitism.
Sir William Shawcross said the Government had failed to fully implement his proposals to overhaul Prevent, its counter terror programme, which meant the public faced an increased threat from extremists and terrorists.
He said the failure to take tougher action stemmed from a continuing bias within Prevent towards tackling the rise in Right-wing terrorism rather than the main threat of Islamist terrorism.
Ms Cooper said: “Action against extremism has been badly hollowed out in recent years, just when it should have been needed most.
“That’s why I have directed the Home Office to conduct a rapid analytical sprint on extremism, to map and monitor extremist trends, to understand the evidence about what works to disrupt and divert people away from extremist views, and to identify any gaps in existing policy which need to be addressed to crack down on those pushing harmful and hateful beliefs and violence.
“That work will underpin a new strategic approach to countering extremism from Government, working closely with communities to build consensus and impetus for our plans.”
Lobby groups in Australia want to do something similar, expanding the definition of terrorism to include anti-feminist behavior. Because anti-feminist behavior in Australia would be the most prevalent form of violence. Anti-feminist behavior doesn’t have to be physical, it can also be verbal or written.
Britain has gone mad and Australia isn’t far behind.
Not mad. This is simply another step in their process of criminalizing masculinity. Raise your voice in your own kitchen when arguing with a female and you can be arrested in Australia if the person you yelled at for sleeping with your best mate or spending much needed money on a pedicure decides to call the cops and say they felt threatened by your emotional abuse or coercive behaviour.
My nephew was recently handcuffed for standing in the doorway of his apartment after his fiancée said she wanted to leave and live with her mum. He simply wanted to know why. She was held up for two minutes before he asked if she would like him to walk her to her mum's who lived down the same street. It was late at night. She agreed. He walked her to her mum's then returned to their apartment.
The following morning as he was packing his things ( the apartment belonged to his fiancée's mum) cops arrived at the door and told him he was under arrest for false imprisonment. His life is in tatters. He never raised a hand in anger. He cared for her when she was sick with cancer. If she wanted to end the relationship, why not end it and walk away? Why the vindictive abuse?
He has had an intervention order placed on him and the court has ordered him to attend a "re-education course" for abusive men. When he told the male court psychologist, he had never touched a woman in anger in his life the psychologist said, "We men often deflect, minimize and defend our abuse."
When my nephew was asked why he had his fiancee's phone password and replied that she had his too. He was told to stop deflecting from his controlling behavior. It is a nightmare. We are living in an Orwellian nightmare.