"[W]e know from police trials that classifying misogyny as a hate crime can encourage women to come forward, about domestic abuse, rape, forced marriages – there are lots of examples of how it can make a difference. All the evidence shows that this can make a difference. For comparison, there is a requirement to say if skin colour is a reason for why someone has been targeted. There are so many crimes that women have internalised. We have asked women to find ways of coping rather than asking the police to intervene and stop it."
Stella Judith Creasy is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Walthamstow since 2010.
"We now need the data to know the extent of what is happening, and what we are hearing from police who are doing it is that it transforms the way they deal with violence against women, because it makes the link between misogyny and violence."
"[D]ont feed the trolls" misses the point: if someone is obsessing about you to the point they are seeking out those around you, ignoring them wont disrupt their behaviour before it causes more damage."
"What the police have said, literally, is: "If we recorded it, we will have to do something about it." And you think, yes, that’s absolutely the point."
"Do I think some women were born with penises? Yes [...] But they are now women and I respect that."
"Watching this I am concerned that the prime minister thinks homeless means "doesnt have a country pile at the moment"."
"Why do we think motherhood should be about sacrifice in some way – that every mother should be a martyr? I don’t want to be a martyr – I just want to be a good mum and a good MP."