Fighting Sexism

It appears that there is a serial killer murdering prostitutes in Suffolk. Jeremy Vine has just been interviewing Frances Curran, Scottish Socialist Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland on BBC Radio 2. She argued that the victims should not be referred to in the media as “prostitutes” because this “invites a judgment” and she believes that news reports should concentrate on the men who are “using women” as they are the ones under suspicion. Applying her feminine powers of intuition she said of the Suffolk victims:

“These are women who have been murdered by men.”

8 Comments

  1. Posted 11Dec06 at 14:15 | Permalink

    She would prefer that all the women of Suffolk live in fear for their lives, then, regardless of what they do for a living.

  2. The Pedant's Apprentice
    Posted 11Dec06 at 18:40 | Permalink

    National” not “Nationalist”.

  3. Posted 11Dec06 at 18:55 | Permalink

    Whoops. It’s all that talk of secession. Fixed now. Thank you.

  4. Posted 12Dec06 at 10:26 | Permalink

    Neither national nor nationalist. Ms Curran is a member of the Scottish Socialist Party.

  5. Posted 12Dec06 at 10:37 | Permalink

    Fixed again. Sorry.

  6. Posted 12Dec06 at 18:48 | Permalink

    Is there a maximum IQ limit for membership of the Scottish Socialist Party?

  7. Posted 13Dec06 at 00:11 | Permalink

    No you’ve just got to be a true ‘looney left’ ex. trade union movement member!

  8. Posted 13Dec06 at 18:28 | Permalink

    No you don’t. You may also be previously unemployed. Although it’s only a matter of time before the SSP proposes the introduction of trades unions for the unemployed.

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