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Objectified, derided, demeaned: sexism is still rampant on stage in the era of #MeToo

From Jerusalem and Pretty Woman to a 70s Alan Bennett farce, unreconstructed attitudes and old-fashioned smut still permeate British theatre. And irony is not much of a defence

The Guardian - UK

Sexism and reverence for motherhood linked to anti-abortion views

Beliefs about a woman’s ‘proper’ place in society are behind the some perplexing contradictions in attitudes to abortion.

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Showered in sexism: Hockey culture needs a reckoning

Research about men’s ice hockey has consistently revealed that the culture is saturated in sexism, misogyny, homophobia and hypermasculinity.

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Londoner’s Diary: Crick turns up the heat on ‘rotten apple’ MPs

In Today’s Diary: scheme to stop ‘bad apple’ MPs / Sienna and Alexa’s Wimbledon doubles / Mick Jagger turns comic at Hyde Park / Griff calls out sexism at festivals / Johnny Mercer on whats wrong with politics

Evening Standard

Silly sexist games on way out of Hollywood, says Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain has spoken about her experiences of sexism in Hollywood as she graces the cover of PORTER magazine.

Evening Standard

Sports minister weighs in on embattled South Bunbury football club as tribunal begins

A two-day tribunal is underway after a regional football club's women's team was axed after almost the entire team quit in the face of internal club sexism and racism claims.

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What is Australia doing about sexual harassment in mining camps?

Australia will release on Thursday a state government report on sexual harassment in the country's mineral-rich west after more than a year of investigations, as the sector tries to fix a culture of sexism and bullying.

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Man told he needed to be with a woman to make restaurant booking

'Parties of six having to be just female or mixed is blatant sexism to me'

Wales Online

Racism, sexism claims at South Bunbury Football Club leads to withdrawal of women's team

The South Bunbury Football Club withdraws its women's team from a Western Australian football league after most of the players quit amid claims of racist and sexist behaviour at the club.

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Ita Buttrose recalls ‘open sexism’ at News Corp in 1980s where women were seen as ‘the enemy’

ABC chair says in media lecture she was ‘hissed at’ and accepted only after achieving success

The Guardian - AU

Childcare costs are forcing women in Britain out of work. It needn’t be this way

In increasing numbers, mothers are giving up their jobs and not going back – to the detriment of society as a whole, says Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project

The Guardian - UK

Doctors urged to act on racism and sexism

Rural Doctors' Association of Queensland is exploring themes of power and privilege in medicine at its conference in Gladstone.

AAP

Sex scandals and sexism in the swinging 60s

A feminist reading of a stunning memoir

Newsroom.co.nz

How the 2022 federal election may finally signal an end to 'White Australia'

Despite years of critique, the Australian national parliament has been overwhelmingly white and male, unlike the country as a whole. But something changed at the 2022 election – most clearly around racism and sexism. How might this play out in the negotiations to come?

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The Camera Is Ours review – evocative shorts from pioneering female film-makers

This compilation of British documentary shorts, dating from the 1930s to the 1960s, comes with content warnings about racism – though the sexism can be just as shocking

The Independent UK

‘It’s people with high hostile sexism scores’: Sophia Smith Galer explains the psychology behind cyberflashing

The journalist and author debunks sex myths on the latest episode of Millennial Love

Daily Record

Judy Murray has talked for the first time about being indecently assaulted

The tennis coach has urged men to challenge sexism and mysogyny to bring about change in future

Radio France Internationale

Former French PM Cresson lambasts sexism at the heart of political class

Former prime minister Edith Cresson on Sunday hit out at the sexism rife in the upper echelons of the French political system as speculation mounted that President Emmanuel Macron is set to name a woman to succeed Jean Castex as prime minister.

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Police Scotland pays out nearly £1m to ex-officer over sexism case

Rhona Malone quit Edinburgh firearms unit where misogynistic abuse was rife

The Independent UK

Ex-Pc awarded almost £1m by Police Scotland in sexism case

Rhona Malone took the force to an employment tribunal.

The Independent UK

Aviva CEO condemns industry sexism, says it is becoming ‘more overt’

‘I’ve picked up my fair share of misogynistic scars,’ says Amanda Blanc

The Guardian - UK

Under Boris Johnson, the rights of working women have become a feeble joke

The government promised us an employment bill to protect women at work. Where is it, asks Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner

The Guardian - UK

‘Unacceptable’: Aviva CEO hits back at shareholder sexism

Amanda Blanc says sexism in business has actually got worse after being told she is ‘not the man for the job’

Daily Record

Scotland's legal watchdog urged to 'drag itself out of the dark ages' as MSP blasts 'blatant misogyny'

Monica Lennon MSP said the Faculty of Advocates should have condemned the “blatant misogyny and sexism” of his messages about Sandy Brindley, the head of Rape Crisis Scotland.

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Minnie Driver: Hollywood’s still not up to speed on sexism

MINNIE DRIVER accused Hollywood of moving at a “glacial pace” over sexism at an event last night. “Even if you present your argument politely, you can be saddled with being called ‘difficult’,” she said, noticing “the same eye roll when young women ask for certain things”.

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