It is impossible for women to be sexist towards men

Louise O’Neill talks about the notion of 'reverse sexism' and how it is impossible for women to be sexist towards men.
It is impossible for women to be sexist towards men

For over a year, my Twitter bio read as follows - “Author. Feminist / Misandrist, depending on the day”. It was a joke, obviously, but I recently decided to change it to I Love Men™ (I do! And I’m single. Call me....) because the accusations of man-hating and reverse sexism were becoming so persistent that it didn’t seem worth the hassle to keep it as it originally stated.

I’ve spoken at length about why I find the man-hating tag to be insulting, lazy, and utterly inaccurate.

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