Beyond Today
Beyond Today
BBC Radio 4
Should misogyny be a hate crime?
21 minutes Posted Nov 6, 2018 at 4:52 pm.
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Should catcalling and leering at women become illegal? Some politicians have been calling for it. The country’s most senior police officers, themselves women, say there are more pressing priorities. They say their efforts should be concentrated on murder, knife and gun crime. But what kind of message does this send to women?

Producers: Philly Beaumont and Duncan Barber