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Some inspiration from Sophie Walker

“In her soft Scottish accent she recalls the battles she’s fought during her leadership to debate (and here she performs camp air quotes) “women’s issues”: before she can discuss a problem, she must first prove it exists.”

“Whether equal pay, violence against women, sexual harassment … I’ve had to grit my teeth through tedious talk shows where they ask, ‘But isn’t it just flirting?’ It’s relentless. It happened on the Today programme at the height of #MeToo, where I had to debate whether some women … like it!

Sophie Walker, former WEP leader ‘Democracy is broken’: Women’s Equality party leader tells why she quit in 26 July 2019 article

This is why we need to arm ourselves with the facts.