Marianne Baker
Jul 27, 2017 · 1 min read

Nice piece, Will, thanks for this.

I’ve been meaning to write up why the idea of ‘the gentleman’ is BS as well, hopefully within the next few months!
Perhaps it gets through to the Davids of this world if it’s tried, but, ultimately, it just means “treat women a specific way to make clear you are The Man and she should appreciate it” — it encourages ignoring what women actually want from people (inc men) around them, in favour of how men think their behaviour should be received.

Hope that makes sense. Anyway, just an aside as it popped up, overall — thank you for noticing how ***ing boring it all is.

    Marianne Baker

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    Dr Baker holds a PhD in cancer biology and spent a few years communicating cancer and genomics research in London. Feminist, atheist, bi, honorary Norwegian.