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08-12-2016, 08:52 PM
British politician makes comment about feminists, women have perfect response
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LONDON — In a video leaked to The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/12/tory-mp-philip-davies-claims-uk-legal-system-favours-women-at-mens-rights-event?CMP=fb_gu), Tory MP Philip Davies gives a 45-minute speech at the International Conference on Men’s Issues in London in which he yammers on about how the justice system is skewed in favour of women to the detriment of men.*
Ummm... **
SEE ALSO: Why Are Women in Turkey Laughing? Because a Politician Told Them **t To (http://mashable.com/2014/07/30/turkey-women-laugh/)
Davies' speech is filled with anti-feminist provocations, but this little gem in particular has sparked a hilarious pushback on social media: "In this day and age the feminist zealots really do want women to have their cake and eat it."
Using the hashtags #feministzealot (https://twitter.com/hashtag/feministzealot?src=hash) and #letthemeatcake (https://twitter.com/hashtag/letthemeatcake?src=hash), women of the Twittersphere are letting Davies k**w exactly how they feel about his statements by posting photos of themselves having their cake and yes, eating it too.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/feminist-eat-cake-philip-davies/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LONDON — In a video leaked to The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/12/tory-mp-philip-davies-claims-uk-legal-system-favours-women-at-mens-rights-event?CMP=fb_gu), Tory MP Philip Davies gives a 45-minute speech at the International Conference on Men’s Issues in London in which he yammers on about how the justice system is skewed in favour of women to the detriment of men.*
Ummm... **
SEE ALSO: Why Are Women in Turkey Laughing? Because a Politician Told Them **t To (http://mashable.com/2014/07/30/turkey-women-laugh/)
Davies' speech is filled with anti-feminist provocations, but this little gem in particular has sparked a hilarious pushback on social media: "In this day and age the feminist zealots really do want women to have their cake and eat it."
Using the hashtags #feministzealot (https://twitter.com/hashtag/feministzealot?src=hash) and #letthemeatcake (https://twitter.com/hashtag/letthemeatcake?src=hash), women of the Twittersphere are letting Davies k**w exactly how they feel about his statements by posting photos of themselves having their cake and yes, eating it too.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/feminist-eat-cake-philip-davies/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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