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Wearside Lib Dems slam “shockingly misogynist” Council anti-alcohol campaign

By Caron Lindsay | Sat 17th March 2018 - 9:32 am

It’s good to see Wearside Lib Dems call out Sunderland Council for an incredibly ill-judged anti-alcohol campaign poster.

@SunderlandUK @BalanceNE what were you thinking with this stupidly misogynist campaign? The undercurrent of victim-blaming is shocking. If a woman is “pressurized” into having sex it is not her fault nor down to alcohol. Why blame girls for the actions of people who abuse them? pic.twitter.com/BsLMvDIPKB

— Wearside Lib Dems (@WearsideLibDem) March 16, 2018

Labour may well be picking up votes amongst young people nationally, but they are defending a campaign with out-dated attitudes and sexism at it heart. We’ve won three Council by-elections in the area in the last year, which shows how out of touch Labour are with people. Our group leader Cllr Niall Hodson told the Sunderland Echo exactly why this campaign was so terrible.

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Posted in News | Also tagged layla moran and sunderland | 11 Comments

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