Sexism

The politics of gender equality in Britain has undoubtedly seen vast improvements since the first law was passed in 1918 which allowed some, but not all, women the right to vote. However, our society still doesn’t offer the same opportunities for women as are available to men. We didn’t...

Emma Johnson writes for Impact Features, asking the question: is there still sexism present within university degree subjects? I live in a house of four girls and three boys. We fit rather neatly into gender stereotypes, not only in the realms of general cleanliness, but also in our choice...

Feminism has been gaining more and more prominence in mainstream media due to the success of projects such as Laura Bates’s Everyday Sexism and the popularisation of feminist writers like Caitlin Moran. Despite this, the movement towards equality seems to be constantly hindered by incidents of lad culture, most...