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Tag Archives: sexism

University Isn’t For Men?

February 11, 2016

Attempts to combat violent misogyny in British universities are putting men off going to uni. That’s the basic message of …

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Women Drivers, Eh?

June 23, 2015

“Women drivers, eh?”  We were standing outside a Victorian brick semi in a small town which now functioned as a …

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What Not To Say (For Guys Who Think They Get It)

April 27, 2015

I wonder if I could ask your help?  I’ve been writing about feminism for a few years now, and reading …

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Male Nurses and Male Dominance

April 22, 2015

Female artist.  Woman priest. Career girl. Male nurse.  The last phrase was tweeted to me after I suggested online the …

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He Said, She Heard: A Conversation in a Bar

March 14, 2015

Yesterday I was in a bar in a British university city.  Craft beers, food not served on plates, wonkily-typeset menus …

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Christianity and Feminism: A Discussion with Pam Smith, Rachel Mann and Hannah Mudge

January 8, 2015

The relationship between Christianity and feminism is a close but vexed one.  There is a striking history of writers and …

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Saying What We Mean In A Sexist Language

June 24, 2014

It’s a bit of a commonplace at this blog that language is not simply a neutral account of an underlying …

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“But I’m A Man!”: Arguments, Gender and Privilege

June 23, 2014

The other day I was told, not for the first time, that some man must have hurt me badly to …

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“As Bad As Each Other”: Men’s Sexism, Women’s Sexism

June 19, 2014

“Sexism is wrong, but feminists go too far the other way”, “men and women are just as sexist as each …

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Sexism at University: Reflections at the End of the Year

June 14, 2014

As the academic year comes to an end, I’m asking for people’s reflections on their feelings about gender and university.  …

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Words of Power: Reading Shakespeare and the Bible - my book on the history and use of these two texts.

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