I can already hear some people say it: here she goes again. And yes, this isn’t the first time I will be writing some of the below.
Those that maybe read it back when I started writing this column in January 2023, will maybe remember that the very first I wrote was about Andrew Tate who, at the time, had just been detained in Romania.
Back then I talked about the guy (obviously), his influence, his hateful, misogynistic comments, the issue that was developing across UK schools, how all of it is linked to gender inequality in society. Then came International Women’s Day, and I used the space to share my thoughts again. Whenever I see comments, not just on my work but other, similar pieces, I often pick up on what seems to be a sense of fatigue. People going: “Things are not that bad” or “that’s just the way it is” or “women just have to accept some responsibility for themselves”.