Sexism permeates every layer of the music industry – new report echoes what research has been saying for years: Gorgev/Shutterstock The landmark Misogyny in Music report from British MPs on the women and equalities committee, published on January 30, shines an unsettling light upon the gender discrimination, sexual harassment and abuse which is rampant across …
How subtle forms of sexism in financial services led to recent City scandals – what research shows: William Perugini/Shutterstock When I first worked in the City of London, a few years out of university, a company-appointed “style consultant” suggested I would be taken more seriously as a female professional if I wore more make-up and …
Casey review: key steps the Met police must take to address its institutional racism and sexism: Ian_Stewart/Shutterstock Baroness Louise Casey has found that London’s Metropolitan police force is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. We heard similar 24 years ago when, after the incompetent investigation into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, Sir William MacPherson reported that …
For Women’s Euro 2022 to have a meaningful legacy, football must do more to tackle racism and sexism: Women have been playing football for a long time – and for a long time they have had to fight to be respected. In 1969, the Daily Mirror used a photograph of a female footballer’s shorts falling …
Evolution: how Victorian sexism influenced Darwin’s theories – new research: Peacocking isn't the only way to attract mates. Andrey Bocharov/Shutterstock Sex is an expensive business, biologically speaking. Finding a suitable mate takes time and energy. Offspring are also a huge investment of resources. But sex does offer a rewarding possibility: children who are fitter than …
Sexism and sport: why body-baring team uniforms are bad for girls and women: German gymnast Sarah Voss, who has protested against the sexualisation of female athletes, chose to wear a unitard rather than a revealing leotard at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. How Whee Young Team outfits and fashion were not supposed to be a big …
No More Page 3: how a feminist collective took on a media behemoth to challenge everyday sexism: The daily image of a topless woman on page three of the Sun newspaper was considered by some to be a “British institution”. Yet it was also increasingly seen as a relic of institutionalised sexism in the media …
Sexism in the military: more women needed in senior roles to force cultural change: This is not the first time that sexual harassment and abuse in the UK Armed Forces has been the subject of inquiry John Gomez/Shutterstock The challenges faced by women in the UK Armed Forces are being considered by the country’s Defence …
Sexism is rife in the Nigerian, Kenyan and South African press. And it’s left unchecked: A Nigerian newspaper stand. A survey found sexism rife in newsrooms in several countries. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images Uncovering systemic abuse against disproportionately women and girls, but also men and boys, has been coined the Me Too movement. …
Beer has a sexism problem and it goes much deeper than chauvinistic marketing: Shutterstock When CAMRA, the UK real ale campaign group, decided to ban beers with sexist names and labels from the Great British Beer Festival this summer, the responses were quite predictable. Liberal newspaper The Guardian celebrated the decision to call time on …
How Michaela Coel called out racism and sexism – and stunned the British TV industry: Mark Johnson/Channel 4 As the Edinburgh TV Festival delegates took their seats for the 43rd MacTaggart Lecture, and you could hear the murmurs of anticipation. For the first time since these lectures began in 1976, the keynote speaker was young, black …
How Rwandan girls with disabilities are fighting sexism at school: Rwanda needs to push its pledge to remove all obstacles against women’s development. Flickr/Adam Cohn Since the 1994 genocide against Tutsi, Rwanda has made considerable progress towards gender equality, now ranking fifth in the world on the Global Gender Gap Index. It pursued sociopolitical reforms …
James Bond: don’t sanitise 007’s sexism, confront it: The Bookbond Director Danny Boyle has recently said he wants to bring James Bond up to speed with “the modern world”. He was responding to a question about the impact of the current #MeToo and Time’s Up campaigns on the new Bond film due to be released …
Vicious cycle: the ‘troublemakers’ tackling sexism in elite sport: Mitch Gunn/Shutterstock British Cycling has delivered some of the UK’s most stunning sporting triumphs over the past decade. But success has brought scrutiny – alongside parliamentary committee hearings about mysterious jiffy bags and reports of a slack approach to governance has been a relentless undercurrent of …