The era of mythical misogyny
Our politicians would rather focus on the ‘manosphere’ or ‘toxic masculinity’ than tackle actual violence against women and girls.
‘This is not just a drama’, said Labour’s then safeguarding minister, Jess Phillips, of the hit TV show Adolescence last year. ‘It’s a disturbing glimpse into the minds of thousands of young boys warped by the violence and abuse they are witnessing every day online.’
The statement was puzzling in many ways – not least because Adolescence quite literally was ‘just a drama’. However brilliant the young Owen Cooper was in his portrayal of a troubled boy who had stabbed a female classmate, however compelling the script, Adolescence was a work of fiction. Yet here was the minister responsible for tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), treating this tale of a murderous, manosphere-obsessed schoolboy like a piece of academic research.
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The willingness of the UK’s political class – even those who claim to be most concerned against VAWG – to turn a blind eye to this issue is staggering. During an LBC radio interview last year, host Tom Swarbrick asked Jess Phillips whether importing thousands of men from patriarchal cultures to Britain might be having an adverse effect on the women who live here, she visibly floundered. ‘Which culture doesn’t have patriarchy and misogyny in it?’, she said. Given that she said the British strain of patriarchy should be treated the same way as any other ‘extremist ideology’, her fear of criticising genuinely backwards, misogynistic cultures is telling.
She concluded her interview with Swarbrick by telling him that the people who are ‘most likely to abuse’ are not men from any particular walk of life, but ‘men’, full-stop.
That isn’t going to fly anymore. Even if we ignore the statistics, the nature of these assaults remains an issue for the likes of Phillips. Most British women who suffer violence and sexual abuse do so at the hands of their partners. It is highly unusual in this country, due to prevailing cultural norms and mores, to have a stranger shove his hands up your skirt in a public place as he forces his mouth on to yours, or to be slapped on the backside by a passing cyclist as you go about your day. It is even more unusual to be picked up off the street, coerced into a dark corner and raped by a stranger. Conversely, in Afghanistan, Iran and Eritrea – consistently among the most top nationalities seeking asylum in the UK – such acts happen at a far higher rate. To wear a miniskirt in these countries at all, let alone to walk home drunk and expect to get there safely, would be unthinkable. For the UK government to admit this, of course, would be to admit that illegal migration and a multiculturalist ethos now pose a very real threat to women and girls.
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