You’re never going to be one of the boys — I’m not saying women can never disagree or even argue with other women, but what’s going on when we use classic sexism against each other? Take the UK’s Home Secretary, Priti Patel in the House of Commons on June 15. She’s under attack (again) for her questionable refugee policies, particularly…

Because we’re still telling girls and women to ‘put up with it’ — Although I’ve co-authored a book on standing up to sexism, we actually need to go way further back than this with girls and young women. I recently gave a talk to high school students about sexism, in which I laid out a few examples before talking about why it’s everyone’s…

That’s what the guys seem to think — Every week on one of my social feeds, a woman posts about a conversation with some random dude who just has to tell her how hot/sexy/cute/ fill-in-the-blank she is. Judging from the internet, there seems to be no situation where unsolicited male feedback isn’t offered. This need to tell us what they think of us is the basis for cat-calling, or Public Street Harassment, to use its less cutesy name.

And to use it insults all men. — Apart from the landmark case concerning a snail in a bottle of ginger beer, one of the other clear memories from my ancient UK law degree is that 'drunkenness is no defence'. …

It's always a dilemma for women. — I listened to an interesting segment on the BBC's Women's Hour the other day, in which author Tahmima Anam talked about the art of silence when working in a sexist environment. …

Because too many women are still ‘putting up with it’ — As I said in the first post, “ if young women aren’t aware of the sexism that happens to them, we’re still clearly not doing enough to call it out in the first place. …

Like abusive relationships, sexist workplaces aren't always easy to quit — I was recently in a Twitter discussion about how much emotional labour and office housework women take on. The original tweet (by British solicitor Audrey Ludwig (@AudreySuffolk) said: “Has anyone noticed at events (well those going well) that quite often males assume command and want to speak whilst women tidy…

Guys, have some self respect (and leave her alone). — Recently we had music superstar Ye using his global platform to try to ‘win’ back his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, then the UK saw TV anchor Piers Morgan once again going after Meghan Markle. The rapper formerly known as Kanye seems to think Kim doesn’t know her own mind and should…

We’re just a tad busy trying to protect ourselves — If you’ve discussed MVAWG (Male Violence Against Women and Girls) on social media, you’ll have heard some of these responses — “More men are the victims of male violence. (What are you women going to do about that?)” “We should be talking about ALL victims of male violence.” Faux ally…