Book interview: Why Eimear McBride is sick of casual sexism and blatant misogyny

Eimer McBride says the culture of shame and disgust has its roots in Judaeo Christian attitudes towards women’s bodies

Eimear McBride

EIMEAR McBRIDE is sick and tired of casual sexism and blatant misogyny. It’s tedious, boring, and infuriating, she says. “It’s still a huge struggle [everywhere] for women to find a place where their bodies are accepted — and just allowed to function [naturally],” the 45-year-old award-winning author explains from her family home in east London.

“A woman is always expected [to suffer in silence] when she is having a terrible period, for instance,” McBride explains. “Or when a woman is having a difficult time, when she is going through the menopause, she is not supposed to talk about in public.