We live in a male dominated world.

Culturally, historically and financially, the world is  run by men.

It is incredibly difficult for any woman, no matter how intelligent, enlightened or talented to reach the top in any profession, discipline or career.

Those that manage to reach the top in their chosen career do so at great personal cost and sacrifice, either forgoing raising a family or somehow fitting in bringing up children with climbing the corporate ladder or running their own business.

Generally without a great deal of support from male partners.

Our society does not appreciate women.

At a very basic level, we are uncomfortable with a successful, strong, independent woman.

Through the media and indoctrination at an early age, we are all programmed to believe that a woman’s role is purely as a support act and breeding companion for the man.

Every form of media that we are bombarded with on a minute by minute basis reinforces this and programmes us all to accept the world as it is.

The latest figures for women on FTSE 100 Boards show that 21.6% of Directors are women (http://www.boardsforum.co.uk/boardwatch.html), but this shrinks back to 16.3% in the FTSE 250.

If you’d just landed here, you’d think everyone was mad for accepting this. Women consistently perform better in every kind of personality and intelligence test than men.

They are generally not prone to making major decisions based on ego or showmanship, are nowhere near as violent and confrontational as men and are almost always the most patient and caring with children and animals.

Yet, every day in every country in the world, at every level of every society, women are denied the same rights as men, mistreated, talked down to, insulted, abused, repressed and disenfranchised.

Misogyny is woven into the fabric of every society and it is so pervasive that we barely notice or acknowledge it any more.

“Hidden in plain sight”.

For those whose eyes have been opened, there is no hope of closing them again. The only thing to do then, is act…