“I have qualms about men maligning my sex”

BAN GARDAÍ are meaner than their male counterparts.

No point in lying, if a man made a sexist statement such as this, I’d be irked — especially if the research that led him to his conclusion was as light on science and heavy on anecdote as mine.

I’d bristle with irritation and feel compelled to ask for substantiation so I could begin to make a stout defence of women.