"[Definition by Bates of Everyday Sexism as published om the project website in 2014] To prove how the steady drip-drip-drip of sexism and sexualisation and objectification is connected to the assumption of ownership and control over women’s bodies, and how the background noise of harassment and disrespect connects to the assertion of power that is violence and rape."
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Laura Bates
Laura Bates BEM FRSL (born 27 August 1986) is an English feminist writer. Bates founded the Everyday Sexism Project website in April 2012. Her first book, Everyday Sexism, was published in 2014.
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