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Soccer kiss scandal exposes how structural sexism in Spain can be a laughing matter

Amid expressions of outrage and disgust over a nonconsensual kiss between the male head of Spanish soccer and a Women’s World Cup-winning player, there was also laughter.

The Conversation

Gender Discrimination Hampers Women’s Cancer Care, Says Report

Sexism limits access to cancer care for women, while gender-specific risk factors go unnoticed, study finds

Zenger

Dior opens Paris fashion week with feminist sloganeering on the catwalk

Anti-sexism and anti-capitalism themes abounded as designer Maria Grazia Chiuri rejected fashion’s ‘hourglass idea of perfection’

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ECB unveil sweeping measures to tackle racism, sexism and classism in cricket

A damning report earlier this summer revealed that systemic discrimination is rife throughout the sport at all levels

Evening Standard

Spain's World Cup winners return to action after sexism scandal with 3-2 win in Sweden

Spain’s World Cup-winning women’s team have gotten back to being soccer players

The Independent UK

What dating as a disabled woman in London is really like

‘Can you have sex?’ That’s how dating app chats tend to start for ‘The View From Down Here’ author, who explains how ableism and sexism have tainted every attempt at finding love

Evening Standard

‘We all identify with Jenni’: Spanish women share their shocking stories of sexism

Hundreds of women across Spain join Se Acabó movement and open up about ‘micromachismos’ they have suffered

The Guardian - UK

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The Force of sexism is strong in Ahsoka

With three women leading in the latest "Star Wars" story, ignoring the bureaucratic sexism at play is impossible

Salon

If it takes a man’s daughters to teach him to shun sexism, that is no bad thing

Having children can create a welcome shift in perspectives, not least among politicians

The Guardian - UK

Spain has condemned inappropriate World Cup kiss. Can it now reckon with sexism in soccer?

Spain has spoken loudly through its government, political parties, soccer clubs, players and ordinary citizens to condemn the kiss of a player by the head of its soccer federation that sullied its Women’s World Cup victory

The Independent UK

A Spanish soccer official’s kiss unleashed fury, soul-searching over sexism, and a hunger strike

Spain’s victory at the Women’s World Cup was a momentous occasion for the soccer-crazed country, but the joy on and off the field was soon sullied by the leader of the country’s soccer federation when he planted an unwanted kiss on the lips of a star player during the medal…

The Independent UK

Rubiales case sparks hope for ‘seismic’ changes in Spanish football

Experts say the case can help transform Spanish women’s football and broader society, but deeper changes are needed.

Al Jazeera

‘Sobering’ new survey on sexism in the whisky industry

The first global survey of women working in the whisky industry found 33% had been touched inappropriately at work.

The Independent UK

Megan Rapinoe: Luis Rubiales antics highlight ‘misogyny and sexism’ within RFEF

Rapinoe described Rubiales’ kiss on the lips of Spain player Jenni Hermoso as a “physical assault”.

The Independent UK

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Police Scotland officer charged with perjury over sexism case

A POLICE inspector who gave evidence during an employment tribunal which found a female officer was victimised has been charged with perjury.

The Independent UK

Rob Delaney says he admits he’s sexist ‘because then you can work to be less of one’

The actor urged people to ‘work with’ their sexism to become better

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a zeitgeist-capturer’: climate crisis and trans rights are talk of Edinburgh festival

Walkout by authors over fossil fuel links plus controversies about identity, racism and sexism are hot topics at politically charged event

The Guardian - UK

‘A win will change everything’… World Cup victory for Spain would kick out sexism, say fans

If La Roja beat England, Spain’s apathetic media would finally have to take notice

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The Conversation

How subtle forms of sexism in financial services led to recent City scandals – what research shows

When I first worked in the City of London, a few years out of university, a company-appointed “style consultant” suggested I would be taken more seriously as a female professional if I wore more make-up and exchanged my trousers for skirt suits.

The Guardian - UK

Police in England and Wales will pilot project to shift sexism and misogyny

Exclusive: Behavioural scientist will lead initiative using similar methods to anti-smoking campaign

The National (Scotland)

Everyday sexism is still a real problem in football - Alison McConnell

It is such a tired, stale gag and - one of a thousand in the same vein - that it feels like chewing on the same piece of time immemorial gum so…

The Conversation

Is traditional heterosexual romance sexist?

Despite progress towards greater gender equality, many people remain stubbornly attached to old-fashioned gender roles in romantic relationships between women and men.

The Guardian - UK

Sorry, Sadiq Khan, but a feeble ‘maaate’ won’t stop the sexists

The mayor of London’s campaign means well, but fails to take on the real threats to women

The Guardian - UK

A bleated ‘maaate’ is no answer to misogyny – and not just because it’s unstoppably cringe

In the mayor of London’s campaign, fighting sexism is reduced to a low-stakes nudge, devoid of discomfort or consequence, says writer and researcher Jason Okundaye

The Week

The ‘say maaate’ anti-sexism campaign: a case of right target, wrong action?

The Mayor of London’s new campaign to tackle misogyny has been widely derided as a PR stunt that will do nothing to address the serious dangers faced by women in the capital.

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