Residents in Salford have shared concerns and have raised issue that more should be done to protect women from violence.
The reaction from Salford residents comes following a government report that suggested that misogyny should be considered alongside other extreme behaviour such as terrorism.
The report that was rejected by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper today (Tuesday 28 January), however the people of Eccles have disagreed and believe more should be done to protect women from violence.
Residents in Eccles have argued that omen need more protection from male violence.
This was voiced by Peter, 74, from Eccles who said: “Violence against anyone should be treated severely.”
And this was continued by local residents, Hannah, who continued: “Yeah, I find it quite concerning.
“I think there’s enough historical context to show that misogyny is right from very small microaggressions to much bigger systemic issues.
“And I think the I think the active declassifying of it is even more concerning than the casual, not acceptance of it.”
These views were shared by Hannah’s mum, Carrie, who added: “It’s about knowledge and understanding how it makes people feel and actually, when it escalates, what it can potentially lead to, particularly like that type of extremist behaviour.”
Many had the viewpoint that misogyny is something that needs to be tackled young, through education and the pastoral roles in a young person’s life.
Hannah being included in this viewpoint, she said: “I don’t work within the education system, but I have a lot of friends who do, and they’re increasingly concerned about young people’s access to various household names that are known as sort of misogynist influencers who are ultimately highlighting fundamental differences between men and women, rather than actually seeing that across all of these categories, all these identities, we actually do have more in common.”
Tommy Rogers, local fitness coach in Eccles, agreed with Hannah on this, as he shared that many are influenced and affected by social media.
As Tommy continued: “The problem now is social media, especially Tiktok and all that. Like, you’ll see extreme views, and that’s easy to fall for when you’re young.”
Joanne, also from Eccles, had an opposing view to them by saying: “I think it’s the men that need help, to be honest.
“I think they need more help in terms of, education or mental health, because you can see most men who abused women come from broken homes or have been brought up around drugs or things like that. They need to be educated on it.”
Audrey, a mother in Eccles, also shares a different point of view, talking on the shame that creates a barrier for a lot of women experiencing misogyny.
She said: “I don’t know what the council can do, really, but they should be tackling it if they are confronted with it, but if people don’t report it, that’s another thing; a lot of it goes unknown because you feel ashamed.”
Following the wake of the murder of three young girls in Southport and the riots that spread after, Yvette Cooper commissioned the Home Office to carry out a review focused on a new counter-extremism strategy.
This concluded that misogyny was not a main focus of concern but there is still attention needed towards “violence obsessed young-people.”
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