"The Everyday Sexism Project (everydaysexism.com) was founded by writer and activist Laura Bates in April 2012. It began life as a website where people could share their experiences of daily, normalized sexism, from street harassment to workplace discrimination to sexual assault and rape. The Project became a viral sensation and has now collected over 100,000 testimonies from people around the world. Laura Bates writes regularly for the Guardian, the Independent, the New Statesman, and Time Magazine. She has given TEDx talks and she is a contributor at Women Under Siege, a New-York based organisation working to combat the use of sexual violence as a tool of war in conflict zones worldwide"--Provided by publisher.
"The Everyday Sexism Project (everydaysexism.com) was founded by writer and activist Laura Bates in April 2012. It began life as a website where people could share their experiences of daily, normalized sexism, from street harassment to workplace discrimination to sexual assault and rape. The Project became a viral sensation and has now collected over 100,000 testimonies from people around the world. Laura Bates writes regularly for the Guardian, the Independent, the New Statesman, and Time Magazine. She has given TEDx talks and she is a contributor at Women Under Siege, a New-York based organisation working to combat the use of sexual violence as a tool of war in conflict zones worldwide"--Provided by publisher.
General Note
"The project that inspired a worldwide movement"--Cover.
Content Note
Everybody has a tipping point -- Silenced women : the invisible problem -- Women in politics -- Girls -- Young women learning -- Women in public spaces -- Women in the media -- Women in the workplace -- Motherhood -- Double discrimination -- What about the men? -- Women under threat -- People standing up -- A note on statistics -- Resources -- Acknowledgments.
