Right so I have not 'blogged' (is that a verb?!) before but due to crushing boredness and a stubborn refusal to tidy the mess that is my bedroom I thought I'd give it a go. What I'd like to write about today is the casual sexism that is still so apparent not only in England, but in the rest of Europe. I am a student at university, and recently went to Lille, France with a housemate. What we encountered there was quite astounding. As young women, and myself as a blonde and extremely pale, green-eyed lady, we are quite used to attention abroad. In Portugal and Spain I've experienced a lot of unwanted comments and looks- due to my skin and hair. But in France it was so much worse. I've been to France several times
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