Back in March, the Torygraph took great pleasure in reporting that a female (no less) scientist, Susan Pinker, has cracked the secret of the pay gap and professional disparities between men and women: women are simply less ambitious. It was presented as an item of empowering news to be told that it is now women themselves, rather than the spectre ( Read more... )

The sex industry is booming, the rape conviction rate is plummeting, women's bodies are picked over in the media, abortion rights are under serious threat and top business leaders say they don't want to employ women. It all adds up to one thing ... an all-out assault on feminism. But why?

I've been seeing Michelle Obama's face everywhere recently. She even made it to the front page of the Guardian, I'm pretty sure for the first time. Mostly the photos are unflattering and the coverage is, not exactly hostile, but very undermining ( Read more... )