Making Misogyny Hate Crime Will Increase the Problem: Boris Johnson

Making Misogyny Hate Crime Will Increase the Problem: Boris Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks outside United Nations headquarters in New York on Sept. 20, 2021. David 'Dee' Delgado/Reuters
Lily Zhou
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday dismissed the suggestion that misogyny should be made a hate crime.

The sentencing of Wayne Couzens, who abducted, raped, and murdered 33-year-old Sarah Everard in March when he was a serving police officer, has reignited calls to add women into the protective categories listed in the hate crime law in England and Wales.