misogyny Archives - Empoword Journalism https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/tag/misogyny/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:02:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 How to Combat Extremist Misogyny in the UK https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/how-to-combat-extremist-misogyny-in-the-uk/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/how-to-combat-extremist-misogyny-in-the-uk/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:02:27 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=64434 Extremist misogyny is a growing problem. A leaked Home Office report has identified the "manosphere" as a major factor in radicalisation. But what can be done? How do we stop the spread of extremist misogyny?

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/how-to-combat-extremist-misogyny-in-the-uk/feed/ 0 Why Women Choose The Bear https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/why-women-choose-the-bear/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/why-women-choose-the-bear/#respond Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:02:17 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=59799 Imagine you are alone in the woods. It's just the sound of rustling leaves against the crisp air. You are faced with a decision: spend the night with a bear or a strange man?

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/why-women-choose-the-bear/feed/ 0 Women In The “Manosphere” Are Betraying Their Gender https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-women-in-manosphere/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-women-in-manosphere/#respond Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:50:39 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=56872 Welcome to the "manosphere": a digital cesspit of misogyny, carved out by men, for men. Less Mojo Dojo Casa House, more boys’ locker room.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-women-in-manosphere/feed/ 0 Mason Greenwood should not return to professional football https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/mason-greenwood-should-not-return-to-professional-football/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/mason-greenwood-should-not-return-to-professional-football/#respond Sun, 03 Sep 2023 20:00:24 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=46218 Mason Greenwood will no longer play for Manchester United, and should not play for any other Premier League team again. To bring him back would be a damning reflection on the football world and beyond.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/mason-greenwood-should-not-return-to-professional-football/feed/ 0 ‘Pick-Me Girls’: The misogyny behind this notorious TikTok trend https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/pick-me-girls-the-misogyny-behind-this-notorious-tiktok-trend/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/pick-me-girls-the-misogyny-behind-this-notorious-tiktok-trend/#respond Tue, 25 Jul 2023 19:58:43 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=43439 She only drinks beer, doesn't wear makeup and can't be friends with other women because they're "too much drama." She'll try to embarrass you and put you down because she perceives you as competition for male attention. She is a pick-me girl.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/pick-me-girls-the-misogyny-behind-this-notorious-tiktok-trend/feed/ 0 Rape culture and Shakespearean humour: a review of the audience at the RSC’s ‘Cymbeline’ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/rape-culture-and-shakespearean-humour-a-review-of-the-audience-at-the-rscs-cymbeline/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/rape-culture-and-shakespearean-humour-a-review-of-the-audience-at-the-rscs-cymbeline/#respond Tue, 30 May 2023 17:04:27 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=40053 Last month I attended an evening performance of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Cymbeline. Having studied the text during my English degree, I knew it would be enjoyable. The play is packed with everything you could want from Shakespeare: disguises, Roman battles, kings, a headless body, a funeral and even an appearance from Jupiter.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/can-women-trust-the-police/feed/ 0 The Apprentice 2023: An Exercise in Veiled Misogyny https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-apprentice-2023-an-exercise-in-veiled-misogyny/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-apprentice-2023-an-exercise-in-veiled-misogyny/#respond Tue, 21 Mar 2023 22:49:43 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=38557 I was pleased to see an all-female line-up in 2023's The Apprentice's semi-final. But when I sat down to watch, that positivity faded.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-apprentice-2023-an-exercise-in-veiled-misogyny/feed/ 0 Love Island 2022- is it time for a recoupling? https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/love-island-2022-is-it-time-for-a-recoupling/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/love-island-2022-is-it-time-for-a-recoupling/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:37:51 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=29179 Over an eight-week long, hot summer, the nation watched with bated breath through terrace antics and the most dramatic Casa Amor recoupling in Love Island history in the hope that, at the end of it all, true love and romance would conquer all. I, like so many others, tuned in every night to enjoy this year’s series and I have to say, it did not disappoint.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/love-island-2022-is-it-time-for-a-recoupling/feed/ 0 Evidence of ‘overt systemic’ discrimination in the Met police force, says Sadiq Khan https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/evidence-of-overt-systemic-discrimination-in-the-met-police-force-says-sadiq-khan/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/current-affairs/evidence-of-overt-systemic-discrimination-in-the-met-police-force-says-sadiq-khan/#respond Sun, 26 Jun 2022 15:15:19 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=25886 On the 5th of June, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan told the BBC’s Sunday Morning programme that the ‘systemic sexism, racism, homophobia, discrimination and misogyny’ in the Metropolitan Police needs to be urgently addressed.

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