Men who correct women over any disagreement could be hauled before disciplinarians under plans being weighed up by the Green Party.
Leaders are considering broadening the party’s definition of misogyny to the point that ‘any disagreement’ could lead to men facing sanction.
The proposals are set out in a leaked 53-page dossier on legal and reputational risk prepared by its own lawyers.
The report reveals deep internal concern about the Greens’ approach to misogyny, transgender policy and LGBT rights, warning that current guidance could expose the party to serious legal and financial risk.
It says the Green Party Council was ‘very close’ to adopting a document titled Guidance on Identifying Misogyny and Sexism as part of its ethics framework.
According to the report, seen by the Telegraph, the draft guidance listed ‘being corrected’ as an example of misogynistic behaviour experienced by women, a definition the lawyers warned was so expansive it could ‘justify any disagreement between a man and a woman as a sanctionable disciplinary offence’.
The dossier also cautions that internal rules on identifying transphobia and ‘queerphobia’ risk unlawfully discriminating against members who question contested gender theory.
The report reveals deep internal concern about the Greens’ approach to misogyny. Pictured: Green Party leader Zack Polanski
Members of the Green Party’s conference in Bournemouth in October
The authors stress that the party cannot legally penalise members for holding gender-critical views, which are protected under the Equality Act 2010.
The warning follows a costly legal defeat for the Greens last year, when the party paid £9,100 to former spokesman and deputy leader Dr Shahrar Ali after a court ruled he had been improperly dismissed over his belief that ‘biology is real and immutable’.
The report says the process used to remove him was ‘procedurally unfair’.
Dr Ali is now suing the party for a second time, alleging ‘procedural abuse’ and continued discrimination over his views on biological sex.
The Greens have since admitted to ‘procedural shortfalls’ in his dismissal.
The leaked dossier lands as the party enjoys a polling surge under leader Zack Polanski, with support more than doubling from seven per cent at last year’s election to 15.5 per cent.
Some surveys have even placed the Greens ahead of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, fuelling calls from Labour’s internal critics for a sharper shift to the Left.
Mr Polanski has been outspoken in defence of contested trans ideology. In April, he rejected the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that ‘sex’ refers to biological sex and that a woman is a biological woman, branding the decision ‘thinly veiled transphobia’.
During his leadership campaign, he argued it was ‘important we stand firm’ on policies such as self-identification, which would allow trans people to change their legal sex without a gender recognition certificate.
Last week, he also called for the UK to accept more asylum seekers in an interview with The Times.
Responding to the leaked report, a Green Party spokesman said that ‘parts’ of the report were ‘factually inaccurate’ but admits the need to ‘improve our disciplinary processes’ and ‘tackle delays’.
The spokesman added: ‘Our party policy is clear – trans women are women, trans men are men, and non-binary identities exist and are valid.’
The spokesman added that the party’s governance bodies would ensure it remained ‘legally and politically compliant’.
The Mail has approached the Green Party for further comment.
