Widdecombe: men losing the sexism war
MEN, not women, are suffering from sexism, says Ann Widdecombe, who insists there is a “lax attitude” to ensuring the parental rights of fathers.
The former Conservative MP said if she was going to “rail against sexism” it would be on the man’s side because society has them “whipped” and they are “failing to resist”.
Speaking at Henley Literary Festival, she said: “Now, everywhere you have positive discrimination. That’s a way of saying negative discrimination against men … if I’m going to complain about sexism, it should be from [men’s] sex, not from mine.”
Ms Widdecombe used custody cases to highlight her concern that society treats men unfairly.
“The vast percentage of custody goes to the woman and I understand that,” she said.
“But when it comes to en- forcing access arrangements, which have been agreed by the courts, there is a very, very lax attitude with complete absence of will to make sure that fathers … can actually can maintain their rights of access.”