Homes now cost 7 times salary on average, and women experience ‘gender home buying gap’

Property prices in England are now seven times the local salary on average, as house price inflation appears to be outgrowing wages.  The typical house costs more than seven times the median annual salary of £31,596, but in some parts of London and the South East the multiple is much higher, reaching up to 27 … Read more

Outspoken SAS Australia star Firass Diran suggests women should dress more modestly

SAS Australia star Firass Dirani is labelled ‘sexist’ and ‘condescending’ for suggesting all women should dress modestly like his mother did in her youth By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:16 GMT, 22 March 2021 | Updated: 21:43 GMT, 22 March 2021 Actor Firass Dirani regularly clashed with his co-stars and superior officers while … Read more

Nine in 10 people seeking help for hair loss are women… and stress could be the major factor

Nine in 10 people seeking help for hair loss are women: Shocking figure is a reversal in demand from 20 years ago… and stress could be the major factor  Nearly nine of ten requests for hair loss treatment now come from women  Stress has been highlighted as the leading reason for the condition in women  … Read more

Women will NEVER be safe unless the police go back out on patrol, writes PETER HITCHENS 

Authority is so absent from our streets that bad people are worryingly unafraid, so the rest of us have to be afraid instead If you really wanted to make women safer on the streets of this country’s cities, after dark or during the day, there is a very simple, logical thing that you would do.  We … Read more

Why women who hold their keys between their fingers for safety are doing it WRONG

Why women who hold their keys between their fingers for safety are doing it WRONG – and what they should be doing instead TikToker @faaesfx has warned women not to hold their keys between their fingers to protect themselves, saying it puts them at risk of injuring their hand She demonstrated how the key would … Read more

TikTok users warn women not to let strangers take pictures of their dogs

Why you should NEVER let a stranger take a photo of your dog: TikTok users warn of predators asking lone women for pictures to get their address from their pet’s collar London-based TikTok user recalled being approached in park two years ago She was walking her dog when a man asked whether he could take … Read more

Lonely Planet travel guides accused of ‘downplaying’ the harassment women travellers suffer from men

Lonely Planet travel guides often ‘downplay’ the harassment that women travellers suffer from men, a new research paper argues. A paper by Middlesex University states: ‘Lonely Planet often downplays harassment and the idea that it is not worth getting angry about presents itself again and again in the entries.’ Researchers studied the free online version … Read more

TikTok showing how women are attacked outside the house goes viral

A woman has gone viral after sharing a harrowing video showing the dangers women face while travelling alone. British TikTok user Molly May Brissett shared a video to the social media platform where she acted out scenarios about going home, followed by newspaper articles  showing how women had been attacked in those scenarios. The video quickly … Read more

Downloads of personal safety app for women surge after Sarah Everard murder

Personal safety app for women that ‘shouldn’t have to exist’ sees a surge in downloads following the murder of Sarah Everard in London The app, called WalkSafe, has had 300,000 downloads within the past week This saw it go to the top spot of free apps on iOS and top ten for Android apps It … Read more

AstraZeneca: Women more likely to develop blood clots from taking contraceptive pills than vaccine

Doctors have defended the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as they point out women face a significantly higher risk of developing blood clots from taking the contraceptive pill than they do from having the jab.  Fourteen countries in Europe – including France, Germany, Italy and Spain – suspended use of the Oxford jab this week over unproven … Read more