Outrage at ‘sickening' anti-feminist flyers left on cars at train station

Yahoo

2 days ago

OUTRAGE has been sparked after anti-feminist flyers have been left on cars parked at a train station in Stourbridge.
A woman, who did not wish to be named, recalled returning to her car that she parked at Stourbridge Junction Railway Station's overspill car park on Wednesday (July 30), to find a leaflet on the windscreen that read 'just say no to feminism, justice for men and boys.'
The woman, from Stourport, has been returning from a trip to Birmingham with her 15-year-old daughter and was left feeling 'sick and worried' about the nature of the flyers.
She said: 'We found flyers under each windscreen, including our own, and we turned one over to see that it was a call to end feminism and to get justice for men and boys.
'I felt sick and am worried as to what this person meant by 'justice'.'
In response to the flyers, a West Midlands Railway spokesperson said: 'We have been made aware of reports of unsolicited flyering occurring in the station car park at Stourbridge Junction.
'We have a zero-tolerance approach to discriminatory speech and behaviour and will monitor the situation closely.'
A spokesperson for Transport for West Midlands added: 'No unauthorised printed material is allowed at our park and ride sites – including flyers placed on cars.
'Staff will stop anyone they see distributing unauthorised material, and persistent offenders could be prosecuted.'
The leaflets included the name and email address of the person responsible for distributing them, and they were contacted for comment.
The flyers referenced an organisation called Justice for Men and Boys (J4MB) – a controversial group, that was previously considered a political party until April 2023, that is based on the belief that feminism is 'toxic' and 'relentlessly seeks the further privileging of women and girls, regardless of the consequences', at the disadvantage to men.
Although he was not involved with the distribution of the flyers, Mike Buchanan, the leader of J4MB, said he was 'delighted' someone posted them.
He rejected that the message on the flyers could in any way be seen as threatening or concerning, calling such claims 'fatuous, pathetic and hysterical.'
When asked for a comment, Mr Buchanan said: 'Feminism is a demonstrably evil ideology and people should reject it.'
The mum who spotted the flyer on her car said she is 'horrified' at the thought of how many people have been exposed to and bought into the group's message since the leaflets were distributed.
She continued: 'I am sure I am not the only woman who has seen these leaflets and felt sickened and worried by them.'