Everyday Sexism

by Laura Bates · 2014

Laura Bates turned a personal encounter with street harassment into a global movement, and in *Everyday Sexism* she shares the powerful stories that emerged. Drawing on more than 100,000 testimonies from women around the world, the book exposes how misogyny seeps into daily life—from wolf‑whistles and unsolicited comments to workplace bias and sexual assault. Bates weaves these accounts into a vivid, often shocking, sometimes darkly humorous portrait of a culture that normalises sexism, while also offering a rallying cry for change. With an introduction by Sarah Brown, the work serves as both a manifesto and a call to arms for the fourth wave of feminism, urging readers to recognise, confront, and dismantle the everyday inequities that persist in society.