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British Culture Secretary: 'Muslim men view women as commodities'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/11515205/Sajid-Javid-The-cultural-problem-among-Asian-Muslim-men.html

Muslim communities in parts of Britain have a “cultural” problem that has allowed Asian men to view women as commodities to be abused, Sajid Javid, the Culture Secretary, has said.

Mr Javid told The Telegraph that some of the values in certain communities were “totally unacceptable in British society” and must be discussed by the Government.

Mr Javid, the son of a Muslim bus driver, said a “misplaced sense of political correctness” prevented police and social workers from “properly investigating” claims of abuse.

His comments follow inquiries into sexual abuse by Asian men in Rochdale, Rotherham and Oxford. The scandals saw hundreds of vulnerable young girls fall into the hands of gangs because the authorities failed to protect them, often because police and social workers were fearful of being presented as racist.

Mr Javid said: “Well, first of all the perpetrators were disproportionately Asian Muslim men, and I absolutely think there has been a misplaced sense of political correctness that prevented authorities, whether social workers or police, from properly investigating what was going on.

“If we are to learn proper lessons from this, we have to look at the cultural side of some communities in Britain and see why it is that in some communities there are men that have a view of women that is completely unacceptable in modern British society; why do they have such a low value of women that they see them as commodities to be abused?”

Is he right or wrong?
That some segments of the Muslim community are deeply misogynist is hardly breaking new ground.

I don't like the thread title implying he's saying all Muslims view women that way though. That's explicitly not what he said. Especially given he's Muslim.
(edited 9 years ago)
Feminists have similar views towards men
Original post by CottageCheese
Feminists have similar views towards men


Good, consider that as a prophylaxhis for your latent misogyny.
Original post by crosstalk
Good, consider that as a prophylaxhis for your latent misogyny.

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