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World No.1, Andy Murray, recently dubbed by The Guardian as 'the feminist that tennis needs', has lived up to his female-friendly reputation once again.

The defending champion, who was knocked out of wimbledon yesterday afternoon when he lost to American underdog, Sam Querrey, is being praised after he quickly shut down a reporter who seemingly forget the achievements of a number of female players.

Footage from the post-match press conference shows the tennis star correcting a reporter who claimed Sam Querrey was the first US player to reach a Grand Slam semi-final in eight years.

"Andy, Sam is the first American player to reach the semi-final of a Slam since 2009."

"Male player," Andy interjected.

"I beg your pardon?" the reporter responded.

"Male player, right?" Murray repeated.

"Yes, first male player, that's for sure," the reporter said.

Serena and Venus Williams, Madison Keys and Coco Vandeweghe are all American players who have qualified for Grand Slam semi-finals since 2009, with Venus doing so the day before the reporter made the comment.

Andy has been praised on social media for refusing to allow the press to engage in casual sexism, with his mother, Judy, even proudly tweeting: “That's my boy.”

G'wan Andy!

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A nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic has been accused of sexism after it emerged it staged a bikini competition as a means of recruiting new interns.

The plant published 10 images to Facebook showing high school graduates posing in swimsuits in the Temelin nuclear power plant's cooling tower.

The post, which has over 1,500 likes, asked followers to vote for the candidate they like the best.

The young woman with the most votes will be given the title of “Bouncer of Energy” and the opportunity to embark on a two week internship with the company.

According to The Independent, the nuclear power company claimed the competition was a continuation of previous cultural enrichment programs.

As expected, social media users were outraged by the post, with many taking to the comments to criticise the company for the way in which those chose their interns.

One wrote: “This is most disgusting and sexist thing I've recently seen. I suppose your science accomplishments are adequate to your recruiting methods.”

While another said: “Have you lost your minds???? Anyone and everyone involved in this TERRIBLE decision should be fired without references.”

A spokesperson for the company told The Independent that the company offered around 900 internships each year.

"Most of them are organised for the high schools and universities that are members of our partnership program," they said. "Some of the internships/excursions are however customarily offered for the winners of competitions either organised by CEZ or by the third parties."

"In this case the participants of the Czech beauty contest Maturantka Roku, translated as the Graduate of the Year were photographed in the environment of the Temelin power plant."

"The fans on the Facebook page of the Information Centre Temelin could cast a vote on the Facebook page and choose a girl that would receive a short internship according to her preferences – if she plans to study journalism, she would do the internship in the press office, if she plans to study economy, she might do it in the economy department."

"The voting was possible only for a brief period of time – around one day – and then we stopped it. We haven’t announced any winner and we apologised."

It was later announced on the company's Facebook page that all 10 finalists had been offered internships.

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18-year-old student, Aranya Johar from Mumbai, India, gave an extremely powerful speech about everyday sexism.

She performed her spoken word poem ‘A Brown Girl’s Guide to Gender’ at an UnErase Poetry event in March for Women’s Day, and a video of her performance has since been shared over 100,000 times.

Aranya begins by telling the story of the first boy who held her hand.

‘’The first boy who held my hand, told me boys don’t want to hear about vaginas bleeding.’’

She then continues to talk about the restrictions Indian women are subject to so the don’t become ‘’another of India’s daughters.’’

‘’My mom telling me to wear skirts less often. So I wear my jeans and wear my long tops.’’

‘’Don’t show cleavage or a hint of my thighs. Don’t want to be mistaken for wanting it.’’

Speaking to Buzzfeed News, Aranya said this was the first time she had ever performed the poem and admitted it she had written it less than a week before the event.

The idea for the poem came about after she and her friends shared their experiences of assault and harassment with each other.

According to Buzzfeed News, she was also inspired to write the poem after the Nirbhaya rape case and the story of Laxmi, an acid attack victim.

"They were both so unfortunate and yet so real, it could happen to anyone," Aranya said.

The 18-year-old often posts her poetry to Instagram and Facebook, and also runs a performing arts start up. 

 

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Aranya admitted she was shocked at the response from women all over the world as she didn't realise the issues she spoke about were as big of a problem outside of India. 

"We are bonding all over borders, but over such unfortunate things." 

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A defence lawyer is facing major backlash for insulting women as a group during a rape trial.

The Tennessee jury were told by attorney Steve Farese that women are 'especially good' at lying 'because they're the weaker sex.'

The term outrageous doesn't even cover it. 

According to The Associated Press, the jury on found the accused not guilty of three counts of rape. 

The reports said the woman he was accused of raping left crying and screaming after hearing the verdict.

The comments were made during closing arguments in the case, in which the accused was trialled for allegedly raping the victim at his house during a job interview.

Memphis Area Women's Council executive director Deborah Clubb called the statements 'absolutely despicable,' according to AP.

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One teenage disco in Kilkenny has been getting a lot of heat this week, since they posted a decree to Facebook telling girls that they were not welcome at the disco if they chose to wear "deplorable dresses."

The Fusion Ball is a long-standing teenage event in Kilkenny town, and the popular venue has recently banned short dresses and cleavage after "too many broke the rules," and said that all they want is for "girls to be discreet."

They completed the Facebook post with screen grabs of popular dress styles from online stores, using the garments as examples of what will "NOT be accepted" on the night. 

However, it was the comment section which caught our eye, as people responded in the best possible ways to the dress code.

Most commentators weren't happy with the attempt to police their wardrobe choices, and responded to that effect. 

"What does discreet even mean in clothing? No shape? No outline? No indication of female anatomy or boobs? What are you even asking for… just say knee length if you want a dress code that makes some sense," said one.

Here's a few more of our favourite responses:

1. "I've ordered this instead do you think its ok?"

2. "If the dress is just like these I'd say you'll be grand Aoife."

3. "Good thing lads can still wear what they want, I'll be showing plenty of thigh."

4.  "Anyone looking for a ball dress? Pm me for details xx"

5. More outfit ideas that fit the description.

However, some people agree with the discretion clause, and feel that the venue is doing the right thing by encouraging girls to be modest.

"Glad to see that an event cares enough to speak out and make known that class and dress code still exists. Standards need to be set and maintained," said one.

"There's a difference when you're a teenager showing amounts of skin an escort wouldn't show. It's just about teaching class and self respect to show girls they don't need to expose themselves to look pretty and have fun," said another.

However, the majority of the comments were negative. 

"I personally think this is very sexist against women to freely wear what they please what they feel comfortable in! This is 2017 not the 1950s women are not sexual objects you can't treat us like that by telling us what to hide because your uncomfortable seeing us wearing a dress that shows skin!" said another young woman.

 

 

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Even though we may all be celebrating International Women's Day this week, a viral video has surfaced which unfortunately reminds us just how sexist many industries in the world are. 

In a social experiment done by Casting Call: The Project, young actresses are asked to read out casting calls for female characters, all of which were taken from real casting websites. 

And the results are pretty unbelievable. 

While some 'requirements' for female roles are so ludicrous you can only laugh at them, some of the words reduced the women in the video to tears. 

From requiring women to wear push-up bras, be under a certain age and of a "slender build", it's easy to see why the film industry receives such criticism. 

"We are hoping that this fun and cathartic project will contribute to the conversation about the deeply flawed ideas of female characters and work for women in the arts in general," the team behind the project who are looking to redefine female stereotypes in film. 

"We hope that it will keep all of us (of every gender) talking, thinking, asking and most importantly, CREATING OUR OWN WORK that will, in turn, bring about the roles we all want to see for female actors." 

Watch the powerful video below: 

 

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“Looking good, love!”

“Cheer up, it might never happen!”

It's a sad fact, but most women are subjected to some kind of sexual harassment on a regular basis. It can come in many forms, but the one that is doubtless the most common is on-street catcalling.

Most of the time we can just laugh it off, but sometimes being shouted or whistled at in the street can feel more than a little intimidating. Whether you're walking alone or in a group, there is nothing pleasant about being singled out by a stranger while on the street. Far from feeling like a compliment, it can feel downright creepy… as well as just being plain annoying.

Although women really should not be the ones blamed for being harassed in public, one of the questions most commonly asked of someone who complains about being catcalled is, “Well, what were you wearing?”

Yes, it’s a logical question in some ways – if you’ve ever walked to the bus stop while dressed up for a night on the town, you’ve probably braced yourself for whistles and beeps more than you normally would. But making an assumption that a woman was harassed simply because she was wearing a short skirt is not the way to approach the problem.

Blogger Kati Heng was tired of being questioned about her clothes any time she (rightly) complained about unwanted attention from men in public, and so she started a Tumblr page encouraging people to “to get over the question ‘what were you wearing?’ and just listen to our stories.”

Users have used the Tumblr page to share their own experiences of public harassment, along with pictures of what they were wearing at the time. Some of the stories are funny, some are sad, but they all drive home the fact that us women are not the ones to blame for sexual harassment.

Quotes like, "I told him to leave me alone and he told me I 'couldn’t have been ruder to him.'", "I felt beautiful when I put [the dress] on, but by the end of the night, I felt paranoid, nauseous, and filthy." and "I immediately rolled my window down and burst into tears" show that catcalling is far from just a bit of "fun."

While small projects like the But What Was She Wearing page might not be enough to stop sexual harassment, they do a lot to raise awareness and to re-align some of the blame. The problem is not what we look like or what we wear, ladies. The problem is not us – but we can be part of the solution.

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