'Questionable belief' | Manager resisting agenda to promote women says he is a 'non-feminist'

A manager at the UK’s Environment Agency has been scolded by a tribunal judge for being a self-proclaimed ‘non-feminist' and actively resisting his female boss’s attempt to promote women in the organisation.

Kevin Legge, a manager at the wildlife and sustainability institution, filed for discrimination as women were being promoted above men at the agency, and because feminism is a belief system he doesn’t believe in.

"He was not happy with the Department seeking to achieve more diversity and inclusivity within that Department, reflecting society and the people the Employment Agency represented. This was at odds with his non-feminist views,” the tribunal heard.

In response, however, the employment judge dismissed his claims saying Legge was in fact being discriminatory for having ‘genuinely’ believed in ‘non-feminism’ as an ideology.