YouTube videos uploaded to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's YouTube channel included a tag associated with a misogynist men's rights movement — and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on him to apologize.
Rebecca Sullivan, a professor of gender and sexuality studies at the University of Calgary, said "MGTOWs" are part of a broader "" — an overarching term for largely online groups of men who feel that they are oppressed by women.
"[MGTOWs] have voluntarily rejected any kind of romantic or committed relationship with women," Sullivan said in an interview. "This is unacceptable! I can believe that @PierrePoilievre did not associate this keyword himself, but he must fire the person who did immediately,"This is unacceptable! I can believe that @PierrePoilievre did not associate this keyword himself, but he must fire the person who did immediately. This is the minimum expected from a leader. #cdnpoli https://t.co/UXvO2Ky5QIDeputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland did not mention Poilievre when asked about the tag.
"[Political leaders] need to be sure that every single thing we do reinforces that and makes Canadian women and girls safer and not less safe."
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