Noting the prevalent of sexual harassment and assault, Leahy describes how she has learnt, over time, to push down her nurtured instinct to be a “good girl” and instead stand up for herself in the face of sexism or harassment.

“Now, in my late 20s, I’m less of a ‘good girl’ and more of a ‘nasty woman’,” she says, adding that she is “becoming more and more incapable of pretending to smile when a man does something slimy”.

And now Leahy wants to use her experience to challenge the way we bring up boys, as well as girls. While she is firm in her belief that girls should not be taught to be “good” and “nice” above all else, she is equally adamant that boys need to be taught how to recognise sexual harassment and assault, and to call it out when they see it.

“I’m going to change my battle cry – we need to change the way we raise boys,” she writes.

“Too many men are silent bystanders to sexual harassment which is too often seen as a women’s issue, when it’s clearly a human issue.”

Sexual assault survivor explains why we must stop teaching girls to be “nice”