It was "just what you had to do"

What have you put up with that, with hindsight, you wish you hadn't?

Sharon Stone laughing at sexism, because what else you gonna do?

I’ve been thinking a lot about the things Gen-Xers put up with that younger women simply would not tolerate. It’s something that takes up a lot of my headspace, but this particular time was prompted by a video of Sharon Stone that’s been doing the rounds recently. The clip was a couple of years old so I don’t know why it’s suddenly resurfaced (strangely it seems to be unconnected to the shameful slurring of Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner) other than that it’s as relevant today as it was then, and sadly probably will be in five years time. In fact, the way we’re going, possibly more so.

In it, a journalist asks Sharon if she has ever experienced sexual harassment. I know, right? She gives him a wry look and then she bursts out laughing. And laughs. And laughs. For ten seconds.…