Karl McCartney Attacks 'Shrill Equal Pay Brigade', Says Boys 'Born To Be Masculine'

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A Tory MP has branded gender equality campaigners the ā€œshrill equal pay brigadeā€ and mocked them for ā€œshouting from the rooftopsā€.

Karl McCartney gave a speech in Parliament suggesting men should celebrate the traditional masculine roles they were ā€œborn to doā€.

He added it was not ā€œpolitically correctā€ to discuss the attainment gap between boys and girls, and said it would surprise women to know men could multitask.

ā€œBoys need outlets for their creativity, energy and natural instincts,ā€ McCartney told MPs in an educational performance debate on Tuesday.

McCartney was speaking in a Westminster Hall debate
McCartney was speaking in a Westminster Hall debate

ā€œThey need to know it is okay to be masculine, and that masculinity is the equal of femininity. It is a positive thing to like cars, engines, building sites, getting your hands dirty and playing sport.

ā€œIt is also a positive thing to like dancing, painting, sculpture, acting and writing plays, but we must not shy away, at any level, from celebrating what traditional male or masculine roles are; they are what we as males were born to do.ā€

He added: ā€œIt may also surprise some ladies that some males can multitask. Some of us can cook, wash, sew and manipulate a Dyson without instruction and make a damn good job of it.ā€

McCartney continued, claiming data from the ONS showed employed men under the age of 29 were paid less an hour on average than their female peers.

ā€œThat remarkable transition flies in the face of the shrill equal pay brigade,ā€ he said, ā€œwho while proclaiming the need for equality seem quietly to gloss over that fact when shouting from the rooftops with regard to equal payā€.

The Lincoln MPā€™s comments were slammed by Labour MP Jess Phillips, who mocked them by saying she would purchase a t-shirt with his quotes on it.

McCartney replied, saying Phillips should highlight the text she agreed with in pink.

Others, including a parliamentary researcher, slammed the ā€œincredibly patronising languageā€ and said it was a throwback to the 1950s.

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