This week the Twittersphere reacted with outrage over a headline. Nothing new there, of course. But bear with me, because the headline to this Telegraph exclusive was special. “Women will have to give up work to look after parents unless EU care workers are given priority after Brexit,” it read. You can imagine the responses. “Sexism!” howled Twitter. “Don’t parents have sons?” we remonstrated, as a thousand Handmaid’s Tale memes took flight. One woman’s viral tweet summed up the general feeling: “I beg your f**king pardon.”
Consider my pardon begged: I’m with the Telegraph on this one.
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