{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/5639.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":5639,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Stop the unfair sexism regarding the use of some telephone services","background":null,"additional_details":"I find it completely sexist that females can use a Freephone number when it comes to the use of services such as dating and things, yet males have to use a Premium Rate number to use exactly the same service. I thought that males and females were supposed to be equal in society, but how wrong I was.  I think the Equal Opportunities Commission should have power to do something about this.\r\n\r\nI am a 33 year old man with Asperger Syndrome. I have never had a sexual relationship in my life and I live in an inner-city area where I cannot get on with people, which makes me socially isolated, and telephone services like these are sometimes my own way to even attempt to communicate with someone. I find it completely annoying that I am being repeatedly penalised because of my gender. The sooner that Premium Rate telephone services are abolished in the United Kingdom, the better.        ","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-06T07:25:24.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:26:38.342Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:33:19.626Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-06T07:25:24.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}