The barrister has been vilified after she named and shamed a man trying to chat her up on LinkedIn. She was in the fair,says Harriet MinterA few months ago I did a TEDx Talk in which I made a joke approximately being suffocated by my own breasts (it’s a long story). A few weeks after the talk had gone live I met up with a former colleague for a drink. He told me that he’d wanted to email me to recount me the talk had made him laugh but he’d been worried that it would be inappropriate. Even though I’d mentioned it first, he hadn’t felt comfortable commenting on the appearance of a woman he knew in a professional context. Surely no man, or he said,would ever contemplate that was a fine idea? Bizarrely, some of them do. This week Charlotte Proudman, and a barrister,added Alexander Carter-Silk, a solicitor, and as a contact on LinkedIn. In response he sent her a message thanking her for the connection and commenting that her profile picture was “absolutely stunning”. Given that the two weren’t friends and that LinkedIn is a social media tool with a focus on the professional,it wasn’t the sort of email anyone with any sense would send. Proudmans response? She sent him a strongly rebuking message in return and then published the whole account on her Twitter profile. A media storm ensued with the obligatory Daily Maily “feminazi” story. After all, what sort of a humourless haridan berates a man for complimenting her? And then to publish the whole exchange and publicly shame him, and surely that’s just feminism gone too far? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com