Plymouth University denies men's group because they aren't "discriminated enough" (legal, states)

[Marleinie]

Plymouth Student Says He Was Not Allowed To Create Men's Forum 'Because They Don't Face Discrimination' | The Huffington Post

A Plymouth University student has spoken of his “shock and anger” after he was refused permission to create a men’s forum “because men don’t face discrimination”.

Will Styles, 21, claims the board of trustees at the university’s student union told him in a letter that equal opportunities legislation does not include men - only groups who “have suffered ongoing and historic discrimination”.

“They can say no, but the justification needs to be valid,” the architecture student said.

“To say that a legal right doesn’t apply to me is a violation of the Equalities Act and their own equal opportunities policy.”

So because they think men are not discriminated against, they're going to discriminate against him? Sound liberal reasoning

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by Marleinie

Plymouth Student Says He Was Not Allowed To Create Men's Forum 'Because They Don't Face Discrimination' | The Huffington Post


So because they think men are not discriminated against, they're going to discriminate against him? Sound liberal reasoning

This is Plymouth in Devon in the UK, and it wasn't the University but the Students Union that claimed he couldn't set up a group.

I suggest he takes his case to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, who may examine his case with reference to the European Convention on Human Rights and more specifically Article 14 which relates to discrimination.

Equality and Human Rights Commission

Article 14 No discrimination - Liberty

[shiftymh]

Just say that they are men who are pedophiles, then liberals will have no problem with it. They'll probably get more funding and other goodies, also.

[CSD610]

OP: Your overly sensatonal title should have made it clear that this article and incident has nothing to do with the
United States of America nor it's citizens or politics.