When I first started IVF I didn’t see teachers screaming about how unfair infertility felt, although the more I started talking, the more teachers came forward. @working_through_fertility had a similar experience and very quickly @onefullround and the Keeping Women in Teaching conference was born. Happening on Saturday 16th May, this conference brings together speakers from across the sector, specialists in their areas, to promote women’s health issues, putting women at the centre of the conversation.
Join us! We need you with us. Link in bio.
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I remember the first time I saw this research, I was working on my first EdD essay and I couldn’t believe why more people weren’t talking about it, shouting about it and writing about it. This report is freely available and is a scathing review of the lack of policy, resources and safety for women and girls in education. This study is from 2017, and has the landscape really changed?
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Why are women leaving teaching? This is the core question our conference, hosted at Avanti Grange on the 16th May aims to address. We have specialists and professionals from across the industry providing insights, training, resources and much more! Addressing women’s health, misogyny, burn out and more, it will be a valuable day of CPD, networking and discussion.
We would love to see you there!
Join us at the link in our bio.
#keepingwomeninteaching #menopause #maternity #menstruation #onefullround
Simone de Beauvoir wrote The Second Sex at a time when women’s roles were largely taken for granted. What made it so important and so vital (both then and now) is that it didn’t just argue that women should have more rights; it questioned the entire way society understands what it means to be a woman.
At the heart of the book is one of her most famous ideas: that “one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” What she meant is that femininity isn’t something natural or fixed but is instead shaped by culture, expectations, and upbringing. This was a radical shift at the time. Instead of seeing inequality as inevitable, she showed it was constructed, which also means it can be changed. Fought against.
She also introduced the idea that women have historically been treated as the “Other” and have been defined in relation to men, rather than as independent individuals. This concept helped explain why inequality was so deeply rooted, not just in laws or jobs, but in language, myths, religion, and everyday life.
Obviously, the book was controversial when it came out in 1949. It challenged religion, social norms, and even ideas about motherhood and sexuality. But it quickly became a foundation for modern feminism, especially influencing the second-wave feminist movements of the 1960s and 70s.
It still matters today because many of the patterns she described haven’t disappeared, alas, they’ve just changed form. Issues like gender roles, expectations around appearance, unpaid care work, and debates about identity all connect back to her core argument: that society shapes gender in powerful ways. Even current discussions about gender identity and equality often build on the groundwork she laid.
What makes The Second Sex last is that it’s not just a political argument. It isn’t its controversial status. Instead it is a deep analysis of how inequality works beneath the surface. It asks readers to question things that feel “normal,” which is why people still return to it today.
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Paying on the first date - is it misogyny? Back with another episode of ‘is it misogyny?’ This time considering payment and the power dynamics that exist as an undercurrent.
Under Kate Manne’s definition and theory, this would be misogyny if the underlying power assumptions and dynamics affect the decision. If not, then this can be harmless generosity. It’s about the power rather than the act.
What would you like me to think about next?
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Louis Theroux’s Manosphere documentary was the perfect example of why we need more conversations around protecting women teachers and the impacts of misogyny on women’s teaching careers and journeys.
It was the need to discuss these issues, to bring them to light, that created the Keeping Women in Teaching conference, happening on the 16th May 2026.
We will be having conversations about misogyny on the day, with incredible speakers like @officialmattpinkett and @_benniekara_ who I am very excited to discuss, digest and deliberate with!
#onefullround #keepingwomeninteaching #misogynyinschools #teacherwellbeing #educationuk
Do feminists actually hate men? This research project, with over 10,000 participants, undertaken by the University of Surrey, says no. In fact, the researcher argued that this critique is used to distract from or diminish harm.
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In a clip from Louis Theroux’s Manosphere documentary a man argues that men should be the leader even the “dictator” in relationships. But when asked if that makes him misogynistic, he says no, because misogyny means hating women and he says he loves them.
This is exactly why philosopher Kate Manne argues that definition is too narrow.
Manne explains that misogyny isn’t simply hatred of women, it’s the system that polices and enforces women’s subordination to men. You don’t have to hate women to believe they should be subordinate to men.
But beliefs about hierarchy still have consequences.
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I get this question a lot and it seemed like a great day to unpack it. Happy International Women’s Day to one and all.
I started out life loud and curious, and while I certainly am that now, my teenage years were filled with self-policing, trying to fit in and trying to be what the boys around me wanted. It took me a long time to unlearn that. I still have moments where I have to question whether I am doing things for me, or whether I am performing for the patriarchy.
I wasn’t always a feminist but I certainly became one slowly, through learning and unlearning, through refusing to stay quiet on issues that I felt mattered. I can only hope that my students see that, and don’t feel that they have to diminish themselves in anyway.
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Huge thank you to Hollie Ryder at the Bishop’s Stortford Independent for such a thoughtful article about One Full Round and Avanti’s adoption of the model policy in its 12 schools. It was a pleasure to talk about the need for more funded fertility leave in schools and why we need even more schools to sign up across the nation.
#onefullround #onefullroundforteachers #fertilityleave #teacherlife #infertileteacher
Eye rolled so hard saying ‘banter’ here that it induced a twitch. Teacher have been vocal for a while about the growing misogyny and racism in schools in articles. It isn’t new, it isn’t shocking but yet it is still happening. Hopefully the governments renewed focus on VAWG will mean that articles such as these will become less frequent occurrences but only if we lean on the research, addressing this as a real, systemic issue.
#feministteacher #misogynyinschools #TeacherLife #challengemisogyny #womenineducation
Wescott et al.’s paper is a fascinating read and really shines a light on the way the manosphere’s influence spreads into classroom spaces, bridging the gap between online algorithms and real life, every day, teaching.
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