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Extreme misogyny will be treated as a form of extremism under new government plans, the Home Office has said.

Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has ordered a review of the UK's counter-extremism strategy to determine how best to tackle threats posed by harmful ideologies.

The analysis will look at hatred of women as one of the ideological trends that the government says is gaining traction.

Ms Cooper said there has been a rise in extremism "both online and on our streets" that "frays the very fabric of our communities and our democracy".

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Considering crossdressing has been a major theme in British entertainment

If it was mature and sincere, rather than mocking and crude, maybe.

But British Pantomime is closer to an American doing blackface than an A24 production doing transgender themed cinema.

I would wager that, JK Rowling notwithstanding, there are a lot more TERFs in the U.S.

There's heavy cross pollination. Brits feed on American hysteria to fatten up their rumor mills and Americans use British accents to dress up their bigotry as sophistication.

But the percentages suck everywhere.