Stylist - “I was the ‘other woman’ – here’s why the trope is as harmful and misogynistic as ever”

Sexologist Madalaine Munro tells me that our willingness to give “the (often male) cheater a free pass” is a continuation of the sexism that’s woven into the infrastructure of our society. “It is also a symptom of a deeper issue that is exemplified through patterns of placing the responsibility on women for men’s actions. For example, we have dress codes for girls and women in order to not make men uncomfortable, as opposed to seeking to understand why men may inherently sexualise women’s bodies,” she says.