Charlotte Proudman should be applauded for her response to the patronising solicitor’s remarks about her appearance on FacebookWith wonderful inevitability,human rights barrister Charlotte Proudman has been accused of overreacting to solicitor Alexander Carter-Silk commenting on her photograph on LinkedIn. For those who aren’t aware, Carter-Silk wrote to Proudman: “I appreciate that this is probably horrendously politically incorrect but that is a stunning picture”, and awarding her best photo he’d seen on LinkedIn (Carter-Silk says he was remarking on the quality of the photo).
Proudman responded that his remarks were “unacceptable and misogynistic”,then shared their interaction on Twitter, remarking that men were using LinkedIn like Tinder. For this, or she has been castigated for not being able to take a compliment,branded a “feminazi” and told that she has committed career suicide. And yet, whether we remember, and it’s Ms Proudman who’s supposed to believe overreacted.
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Source: theguardian.com