Petition · past parliament

Make misogyny a hate crime

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Protect women from day to day harassment by making misogyny a hate crime.
Given how many women are killed every year by men, allow women to be able to take people to court over any level of misogynistic harassment.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

12 Mar 2021 Petition opened for signatures
12 Apr 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Apr 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.