This is all good stuff, and needs public attention and support. But we didn’t hear much about it.

In addition to this particular harm, there is the general antifemale culture which May’s treatment exacerbates. No male politician would have been asked, after an interview about new penalties for child-grooming gangs, say, what he does to relax. It would have sounded absurd. But May was expected to answer because, despite holding the highest office in our land while trying to run the country during Brexit – the most seismic national event since the war – she is still seen as a woman first and a politician second. And women must prove they haven’t lost their common touch nor their femininity when making quaint forays into professional careers. If they don’t pass the ‘normal’ test, they can be held up to public derision.

We women at large see this and take note to be more careful ourselves. Keep on with the people-pleasing. Stay within as many conventions as possible. We move and speak a bit less freely. We watch ourselves. Always watch ourselves.

Just as the media has been urged to #askhermore and not simply talk to female actors about their clothes, we need interviewers to stress-test the politician, not the woman. And get us all some answers.

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“Stop with the sexist questions and ask more of Theresa May”