Emily Thornberry vs Mr Men is just the start of taking down patriarchal kids’ cartoons
The shadow foreign secretary described the “Little Miss” title for female Mr Men characters as demeaning.
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No, the legal system isn’t biased against men – it allows them to rape with near impunity
Someone who is raped has between a 1.1 and 1.8 per cent prospect of seeing their rapist convicted.
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Men talking up “sex distribution” still assume women are their property
Good sex is dependent on the consent of another person. And therefore it is not a right.
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Grand gestures by “lovesick” men to “win” back girlfriends aren’t romantic, they’re scary
It’s no coincidence stalking has such a low conviction rate when the behaviour associated with it is celebrated as romantic.
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The Bill Cosby conviction is a #MeToo milestone, but too many women still aren’t believed
It takes a chorus of female voices standing up to just one powerful men for allegations to be taken seriously.
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Ruth Davidson is having a baby – but MPs still can’t take parental leave
Royal baby! Political baby! Babies everywhere!
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Why University Challenge is deliberately asking more questions about women
Question setters and contestants on how the show finally began to gender-balance its questions – and whether it’s now harder as a…
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The madness of our gender debate, where feminists defend slapping a 60-year-old woman
It seems swivel-eyed to condemn rhetorical “attacks” and blithely ignore physical ones.
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