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Laura Bates

@EverydaySexism

Laura Bates is the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project.

<p>Gisèle Pelicot addresses the press as she leaves the courthouse following the sentencing of her ex-husband </p>
Europe

Donald Trump? No. Gisèle Pelicot is the real Person of the Year

File photo date 15/07/14 of a generic stock photo of school girls walking to school
Voices

No one is protecting girls from the sexual abuse rife within schools

Labour MP Chris Williamson has suggested a consultation on such carriages as a possible way to create a ‘safe space’ for women
Voices

Women-only carriages are insulting to both women and men

Boots is a leading pharmacy in Britain. It is refusing to drop the cost of emergency contraception
Voices

How Boots became the policeman of women's sexuality

"In a single week three in five girls said they heard jokes or remarks that belittled or degraded women, and 39 per cent had demeaning comments made to them about the way they look"
Comment

We must act to stop sexism that starts in the classroom

Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project
Comment

Now the Everyday Sexism Project has reached 100,000 entries, here's

Sex and Relationships Education is too important to leave to chance
Voices

Sex and Relationships Education is too important to leave to chance

Home News

Fighting back: the woman giving a voice (and 49,999 others) to the

Comment

The day the Everyday Sexism Project won - and Facebook changed its

The anonymity provided by the sites has made them a hotbed for sexual pressure, bullying and abuse
Online

Next generation of social media 'exposing girls to sexual abuse'

Savile's litany of depraved crimes remained one of Britain's darkest secrets until his death
Comment

Long after Jimmy Savile, our society normalises sexual assault and

Comment

The protests sparked by gang-rape in India aren't the beginning and

George Galloway
Home News

2012: the year when it became okay to blame victims of sexual assault

Home News

2012: the year when it became okay to blame victims of sexual assault

George Galloway
Comment

A letter to Santa from all women

Comment

FHM, Virgin and Zoo Australia: The 12 Days of Misogyny

Comment

Art imitating life: How sexism in video games mirrors real-life gender

Comment

Sites like Uni Lad only act to support our everyday rape culture

Comment

Sites like Uni Lad only act to support our everyday rape culture

Comment

'My sister was called a whore and a slut by men driving by, just for

Comment

Amid competition from the likes of Asda, Ryanair's Cabin Crew Calendar

Comment

Filipino VS Cumbrian women - how sexism is still a socially acceptable

Comment

The end of feminism? There are more of us than you think

Actress Ana Maria Orozco poses for a portrait as her character Betty Pinzon in the Telemundo network comedy series 'Betty La Fea', which was the original Columbian version of 'Ugly Betty.'
Comment

'Ugly girl': The negative messages we send to our daughters

Comment

Catcalls, cuties, blow up dolls... Australian PM Julia Gillard was

A group of female students out on the town for freshers’ week
Education News

Lesson one: We're students, not slags

Comment

'Slut dropping' and 'Pimps and Hoes' - the sexual politics of

Comment

Catcalls, cuties, blow up dolls... Australian PM Julia Gillard was

A group of female students out on the town for freshers’ week
Education News

Lesson one: We're students, not slags

Comment

'Slut dropping' and 'Pimps and Hoes' - the sexual politics of

Comment

'Damaged goods', 'slut' and 'spinster': Sexist labels against women

Comment

'Damaged goods', 'slut' and 'spinster': Sexist labels against women

Comment

Institutional sexism is closer to home than you think

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