Argh, just lost a post,
Totally agree with everyone about the mysogyny in our culture today. Objectification of women and glass ceilings for working women have always angered me and now it saddens me too as it feels like we are gong backwards.
Most music videos are appalling, most adverts seem to have some underlying sexism going on in them and just out general culture, I mean why on earth is it ok to have a topless women in the sun still? And why on gods earth were some of our (male) political leaders photographed with a copy of the sun recently supporting some campaign or others of there's.
Also, what's all this about women being sluts if they have a decent and varied sex life? It's only recently that it has dawned on me that that is all part of the same thing. I think I've always felt that I had done something bad when I had a couple of one night stands when I was (much) younger and it only just occurred to me that I have done nothing wrong and how unfair it is to label a women a slut for doing something that is totally acceptable for a man to do.
Oh and, how every newspaper when reporting a story on a women will include her age and, if a tabloid, will also include her hair colour and a descriptive word such as attractive, striking, pretty. NOT RELEVANT!
On a totally different note, pass I am reading JKR's book, Cormoran Strike, that she wrote as Robert Galbraith. It is brilliant, so so so well written and such great characters. It was on the recommendation of some of the Nov 12ers so thank you for that!
I had already read the casual vacancy that she also wrote but, while I appreciate it as a good, well written book, there wasn't a single character in it that I liked so I found it a struggle to enjoy. the story has stuck with me though and I think her social beliefs are similar to mine and she expresses them so well in the book.