There’s a difference between a sexist and a misogynist Labour MP Stella Creasy has been campaigning for misogyny to be classified as a hate crime – but how do you decide what qualifies? Stella Creasy says this is 'our moment for change' Credit: Niall Carson/PA Wire Misogyny: dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women.” It’s an ugly word, it’s an ugly attitude, and, 2.500 years on from Classical Greece declaring misogyny “a disease”, it’s still everywhere. But is it criminal? And if so, how do you police it? “Rather than telling women not to worry about violence or to stay home at night if they want to be safe,” said Creasy, who has been coordinating the campaign to call for misogyny to be classified as a hate crime, “it’s time to send a message that women should be equally able to live free from fear of assault or harm.”