Harriet Harman, Britain’s top equality commissar, is pushing an “Equality Bill” that would criminalize stereotyping based on gender, even when accurate. This will certainly put gyms in a bind, because insurance costs are sure to go up if they are barred from warning women about the dangers of freeweights, which can do significant damage if improperly handled. Although not explicitly stated, other implications of the bill might include criminalization of urinals, because they discriminate on the basis of gender.
Harman is apparently widely-hated in the UK, but has a great deal of power. She once bragged that there would not be “enough airports for all the men who would want to flee the country” if she became PM. As an American, I am curious as to how this woman, who is even worse than Hillary Clinton, has amassed so much power.
After reading about what’s going on in Britain, I can now understand why this poor British expat lost his marbles and went on a rampage in Japan:
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