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S.J. Williams of Hove recently wrote to the Argus in response to one of my columns – which was about sexism in contemporary Britain. It was, as my husband said, one of my “rants” (he means this as a compliment).
Broadly speaking Mr Williams agreed with me. However, he noted that I had not dealt with the issue of female “laddism” – the tendency of some young women to ape some of the drunkenness or bad behaviour of men.
He wrote “Having witnessed examples of this gradual alignment of some, apparently very angry, young women with their male counterparts – particularly evident, at times during the World Cup – I’d be interested to read Ms Calder’s views as to its origins.” Continue reading