I realized after a few years of doing this that this apparent advantage in results at A-levels never actually translated into any kind of advantage not even a quality in the workplace and why was that. My education is one of my favorite examples of the way that arguments about the innate difference of male and female brains have just dramatically crumbled in the last hundred years. When you try and argue back down to nature those arguments are really really shaky. In a world where everyone was forced to leave the comfort of their homes to get drinks one hero emerged its name was drisley the number one app for alcohol delivery. How do you start talk space? You can go online answer a few questions about your
International Women’s Week on Intelligence Squared. Change is never easy, it requires putting up a fight, going against the status quo, and if you’re a woman - this may require you to be difficult. In 2020 Helen Lewis, staff writer for The Atlantic, joined us on stage to discuss the lives of some of history’s complicated and contradictory fighters for female freedom, and their refusal to conform to societal expectations. Helen was joined by Caroline Criado Perez, journalist and author of Invisible Women, which is now also a podcast. And the conversation was chaired by broadcaster Samira Ahmed who had just won the employment tribunal she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay. Together they examine why women who challenge the status quo are often seen as threatening or intimidating and why the fight for change is far from perfect.
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