UK: Laura Perrins: Hate crimes would 'inevitably be extended to include to misandry'

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'Laura Perrins has said that the call for MPs to vote to make misogyny a hate crime would “inevitably have to be extended to misandry” because the system cannot only consider “hate against women an aggravating factor”.

Julia Hartley-Brewer asked Ms Perrins if this vote could lead to considering hate crimes against men.

Ms Perrins, the co-editor of The Conservative Woman said: “Not at the moment but I would imagine under the terms of the Equality Act it will be inevitably extended to misandry.

“It would be very difficult to maintain a legal system where only hate against women was considered an aggravating factor.

“It is only an aggravating factor in relation to sentencing, it is not something a judge or jury would consider in whether the offence was actually committed.

“I think you’re inevitably going to have that offence extended then you just have this smorgasboard of identity groups saying ‘it is worse if you assault me’.”'