misogyny

Life & Culture

Why don’t straight men want to have sex anymore?

Maybe it’s not even that men don’t want sex – they just don’t want sex with the real women who are offering it to them

Life & Culture

Mar 19, 2024

Niloufar Haidari

Life & Culture

‘I’m Asking For It’: The problem with the UK’s new consent campaign

A new campaign is lobbying the government to enshrine ‘affirmative consent’ into law – but it risks doing more harm than good

Life & Culture

Mar 06, 2024

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

How algorithms are driving men and women apart

There’s mounting evidence to suggest that young men are becoming increasingly right-wing – and social media platforms could be to blame

Life & Culture

Feb 02, 2024

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

How does misogyny differ for trans women?

Ahead of the release of her new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, we speak to historian Jules Gill-Peterson about how society grew so hostile towards trans women – and how we can challenge this insidious offshoot of transphobia

Life & Culture

Dec 20, 2023

Adele Walton

Life & Culture

Are men OK?

From Jonah Hill’s leaked text messages to Darius Jackson’s Twitter rant about Keke Palmer’s outfit, overt misogyny seems to be everywhere right now

Life & Culture

Jul 10, 2023

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

Misogynist influencer Andrew Tate charged with rape and human trafficking

Tate was arrested alongside his brother, Tristan, in Romania late last year

Life & Culture

Jun 20, 2023

Sofia Mahirova

Film & TV

Why it’s time to forgive the villain in Fatal Attraction

Emerging at a time of intense anti-feminist backlash, Fatal Attraction is one of the most misogynistic films ever made. But as Paramount releases a TV reboot, we ask whether the vengeful, scorned woman at its heart deserves a reappraisal

Film & TV

May 02, 2023

James Greig

Life & Culture

Green line theory and the rise of misogynistic pseudoscience

On the internet, members of manosphere communities often use evolutionary psychology and genetic determinism to justify their misogyny

Life & Culture

Mar 07, 2023

Serena Smith

Film & TV

Holy Spider: why this Iranian neo-noir is attracting so much controversy

Director Ali Abbasi talks about his new film, Holy Spider – an evocative exploration of misogyny in Iran, which follows the real-life story of early 00s serial killer Saeed Hanaei

Film & TV

Jan 20, 2023

Nick Chen

Music

Only men are nominated for Brits’ gender-neutral best artist award

Apparently no women or non-binary people made good music in the last 12 months ❤️

Music

Jan 13, 2023

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

Did feminism create Andrew Tate?

Maybe we can blame it for global warming too

Life & Culture

Jan 09, 2023

Halima Jibril

Life & Culture

Do hate crime laws really keep us safe?

Campaigners have called for misogyny to be made a hate crime for years – but it’s possible this could do more harm than good

Life & Culture

Dec 23, 2022

Halima Jibril

Life & Culture

#FreeBritney and the problem with ‘well-meaning’ fan activism

Even after the success of the #FreeBritney movement, many still believe that Spears’ life is ours for consumption – it’s time to free her from the impossible demands of narrative

Life & Culture

Jul 22, 2022

Sean O'Neill

Politics

WTF is going on with South Korea’s new ‘anti-feminist’ president?

The right-wing Yoon Suk-Yeol – who won the country’s presidential election yesterday – has been criticised for his harsh views on women, workers’ rights, and poor people

Politics

Mar 11, 2022

James Greig

Politics

Cya Cressida! All the ways Dame Dick has been a dick

The cursed police chief has finally left her post – here’s a rundown of all the crises, controversies, and all-out catastrophic errors that plagued her career

Politics

Feb 11, 2022

Felicity Martin