Wrong there Michael Lowry, it’s a pretty awful way to be judging women

Alison O’ Connor says we shouldn’t dismiss it as harmless when society judges women on their appearance 

I’m thinking of getting a new picture byline and this time I’m going all the way when it comes to the strategic use of photoshop. This is a service to you the reader. Why, while you are eagerly parsing my every word, should you have to look at my ageing visage, with any further wrinkles or imperfections which may have developed in the past 12 months?

If my columnist expense budget stretches to it I might even go for Botox on the forehead, and a little work around the lips.