She wrote a fab article in the Guardian today that makes me want to give her a standing ovation: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/16/charlotte-proudman-women-sexist-misogyny
"Calling out a single instance of sexism in a professional space hit a nerve far deeper than I ever imagined. Why has one tweet that sought to challenge the objectification of women in professional spaces caused a furore? The truth is, I have committed a double transgression. Not only have I refused to passively accept being objectified; I have also refused to apologise for having the temerity to take a stand. What I did therefore was doubly threatening to vested power. It is a tragic irony that the misogynist abuse I have endured is an attempt to reassert the patriarchal status quo, in which women in the public space are to be seen but not heard"
I get hit on approximately once a month on linked in by men I don't know, who don't work in my field, and it's often not even attempting to be professional, but just something about how hot my photo is (my square-on, head and shoulders passport style photo. It's not facebook, I can't exactly use a picture of my cat, so I have to go with the face I have). The brighter ones at least try and dress it up as if they're interested in connecting because we could work together, even though our fields are entirely unrelated. I would love to be able to bin it off, but it's become all but compulsory these days. All power to Charlotte for refusing to play along. I despair that people seem determined to make this her fault.