Do you think misogyny should be classed as a hate crime? MP stellacreasy does.
In Nottingham, incidents such as stalking are already recorded as hate crimes.
“Afterwards, I saw him showing his friends the photos, so I grabbed his phone off him and ran to the police with him chasing me. I did all the things women are told to do when they deal with sexual harassment or violence: I brought the police the evidence, and the guy, and was told they “couldn’t do much” because upskirting wasn’t a sexual offence. I campaigned for almost two years to make it one and now it is.
“When he found out I was gay, the abuse turned homophobic. He was basically suggesting ‘corrective’ rape. When I came back from the toilet he was waiting for me outside, smirking.
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