As girls are given dollies and pushchairs while little boys are frowned upon for picking them up; while men are 'congratulated' for occasionally 'babysitting' their own children and women are castigated for daring to combine motherhood and career; while baby… — Laura Bates Copy Share Image
The argument goes that the pay gap only exists because of women's 'choices' of work type, hours, and child related career breaks, effectively making… — Laura Bates Copy Share
“Newton: but a lot of the guys here were in prison before they came here and they’ll still be in prison when they leave… — Laura Bates Copy Share
In order to achieve that end goal of equality it is a very gendered oppression primarily affecting women that needs to be tackled. — Laura Bates Copy Share
“It is not our conscience that torments us over our image; that is our ego tormenting us. Our conscience torments us when we behave… — Laura Bates Copy Share
Feminism means believing that everybody should be treated equally regardless of their sex. Which happens to include the right to wear whatever you want,… — Laura Bates Copy Share
“Just got called a slag by two guys sitting outside the University of York library. A slag for books?” — Laura Bates Copy Share
It's true that the gender pay gap is complicated. It's true that it is very slowly getting smaller. But that doesn't mean it doesn't… — Laura Bates Copy Share
The idea that men 'lose control' around a woman in a short skirt is insulting to men, completely relieves perpetrators of responsibility, and erases… — Laura Bates Copy Share
Turns out, this 'whatabboutery' is a classic way of silencing women when you don't like what they're fighting for. Don't panic, feminists are quite… — Laura Bates Copy Share
The idea that feminism is a 'battle of the sexes' about blaming all men and setting up a 'gender war' is a handy, controversial… — Laura Bates Copy Share
As long as 85,000 women are raped every year and 400,000 sexually assaulted in England and Wales alone, it's hard to argue that there… — Laura Bates Copy Share
We can't create a shift in normalised attitudes and behaviours without everybody on board, so not being sexist isn't enough - get stuck in… — Laura Bates Copy Share
“This is a battle that we will win. Because women are wittier, brighter, stronger and braver than a misogynistic and patriarchal world has given… — Laura Bates Copy Share
“...I think a lot of my misery was me hating me, and hating me made me hate everyone else. I felt like such a… — Laura Bates Copy Share
A huge amount of what feminists are fighting for would have major positive impact for men as well as women. Take the male suicide… — Laura Bates Copy Share
