Equal Opportunities Commission

The UK Men's Movement has made considerable efforts to obtain the assistance of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) for problems faced by men in this country (e.g. family issues, pensions, and welfare). These efforts have proved almost entirely fruitless. Typically when men have made complaints of discrimination to the EOC they have conveniently denied the EOC has any remit in that area.

As a result of the contacts the UKMM has had with the EOC, we feel justified in stating :

• that the EOC is the most sexist organisation in Britain today,
• that the EOC stands in flagrant dereliction of the duties imposed on it by parliament,
• that the EOC throughout its history, has pursued female oriented projects to the virtual exclusion of male problems,
• that the entire philosophy underpinning the EOC is flawed and socially destructive.

How can an organization that: has 80% female staff, has never had a male head, and that ignores discrimination against men; claim equality. Unless the EOC can be reformed root-and-branch, it should be abolished.