Jeremy Corbyn calls for an end to after-work drinks because he claims they are SEXIST
Labour leader attacks post-5pm boozing culture which he claimed benefited 'men who don’t feel the need to be at home' with their families
JEREMY Corbyn says after-work drinks are sexist because they discriminate against mothers who want to get home to their children.
The Labour leader has attacked the post-5pm boozing culture which he claimed benefited “men who don’t feel the need to be at home” with their families.
But Mr Corbyn has been accused of sexism himself for assuming that childcare fell just to mothers.
He was also mocked for suggesting the state should decide what people can and can’t do in their social lives.
And ironically he made the announcement calling for an end to “early-evening socialisation”, in an early-evening speech aimed at winning over female voters.
In criticising companies for their after-work drinks culture, he said it “benefits men who don’t feel the need to be at home looking after their children and it discriminates against women who will want to, obviously, look after the children that they have got”.
Mr Corbyn’s speech was made after he has faced allegations he has failed to tackle misogynist abuse aimed at female MPs and Labour supporters on social media.
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He has also come under fire for not giving any of the top jobs in his own first Cabinet to women, and was attacked for considering the idea of women-only train carriages.
In response he announced a number of female-centred policies this week, as well as saying they should have all-female shortlists and start a women’s conference with powers to make party policy.
Mr Corbyn also promised to look at strengthening the law to crack down on sexual harassment and threats made online.
Asked in a post-speech question-and-answer session how he intended to win over any alienated female Labour MPs, he said: “I want to reach out to all members of the Labour Party and all members of the parliamentary party.”