And women are increasingly exempt from many crimes. It’s time to examine the vast disparity in the UK justice system between the genders, and how men have become blatantly second class citizens in the UK. Consider this article- homeless men are often sent to prison for being homeless This isn’t hyperbole, either; look at a quote from a judge:
“I will be sending a man to prison for asking for food when he was hungry”. In another case a man was fined £105 after a child dropped £2 in his sleeping bag.
Meanwhile, it is now the standard legal practice to exempt women from most crimes, as a ruling from the justice secretary, the highest judge in the UK. Here are some examples:
- No prison for stabbing partner. Needless to say, a man would have received prison for the same thing.
- No prison for attacking with bottle. Needless to say, a man would have received prison for the same thing.
- No prison for stealing thousands from charity. Needless to say, a man would have received prison for the same thing.
- No prison for stabbing in chest. Needless to say, a man would have received prison for the same thing
- No prison for sexually assaulting children for 10 years. Needless to say, a man would have received prison for the same thing.
Remember: men are sent to prison for being homeless and asking for food. Some of these cases may pre-date the ruling from the justice secretary, but the practice of letting off female criminals has been proposed for a while, and has likely been in de facto effect for some time.
This is a blatantly two-tiered justice system where one class has impunity for committing crimes against the other. Not only does it create what is essentially two different legal systems, but it has created a situation where half of the population has significantly reduced deterrence for committing serious crimes. Imagine a society where half of the population knows that they are very likely to receive lenient treatment for assault and theft, and perhaps even murder. How is this equality?
Such gender disparity in criminal court is not new, and not exclusive to the U.K. A study from the University of Michigan http://www.law.umich.edu/newsandinfo/features/Pages/starr_gender_disparities.aspx found that in federal cases in the United States, men receive 70% longer prison sentences for the same crime, after mitigating and aggravating factors are considered. Male defendants were more harshly penalized simply for their gender.
This is why a specific men’s rights movement is needed. Feminism is not sufficient to address men’s issues; feminism is a woman’s movement, and male issues are a separate matter. Blatantly inequality under law is a very significant disparity, and reflects a larger problem of institutionalized societal inequality and bias. A homeless person being sent to prison simply for asking for food cannot be considered “social justice” in any way, shape or form.
This Needs To Be Public Knowledge
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