When will the Scottish government get on with the day job? Hot on the heels of his controversial Hate Crime Act, Humza Yousaf has now promised a misogyny law that will apparently protect members of both sexes. The First Minister insisted that ‘anyone affected’ by misogyny would be covered, whatever their biological sex. This includes, of course, transgender women. One wonders if the SNP is so detached from reality that it does not know the difference between men and women, or they are so deeply in the pockets of an activist lobby that they pretend not to know. Either way, it is bad for women and bad for Scotland.
Once again, J.K. Rowling spoke for the women that Scottish ministers have ignored. Reacting to Yousaf’s remarks, the author wrote:
‘Humza Yousaf makes his absolute contempt for women and their rights clear. Women were excluded from his nonsensical hate crime law, now he introduces a ‘misogyny law’ designed to also protect men.’
Yousaf’s problem is that he simply does not know what he is talking about
The author went on to cite the example of a transgender activist in the Scottish Greens who was suspended from the role of Rainbow Greens co-convenor after a series of tweets, including one labelling feminists ‘fascists’.
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