In a year in which Netflix’s Adolescence has dominated the headlines, Laura Bates’s latest book, The New Age of Sexism, is a timely and necessary investigation into the ways that the internet and AI are making the real and online world unsafe for women, and boys, from an alarmingly young age.

The New Age of Sexism explores cyber brothels, sex robots, deepfake pornography and the metaverse, examining the ways that new technology is infiltrating our lives, and our schools, in deeply misogynistic ways. Laura’s book is a warning that we are in the process of coding discrimination and inequality into the future, rather than using the opportunity new technology and AI offers us to reimagine a safer, more equitable future for women and marginalised communities.

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