Laura Bates: Misogyny, Machine Learning and The Manosphere

From founding the Everyday Sexism Project to unpicking how AI is
entrenching misogyny, Laura Bates has become one of the UK’s most
unflinching feminist voices. In this episode of Full Disclosure,
she joins James O’Brien to explore how one devastating week in
her early twenties sparked a lifetime of activism- and why
storytelling, statistics, and school visits remain central to her
mission.


Laura traces her path from a bookish childhood to acting
ambitions, before recounting the moment a string of seemingly
“everyday” experiences of harassment triggered a wider awakening.
The conversation spans her battles with media hostility, the
evolution of digital misogyny, and the personal toll of online
abuse. With clarity and urgency, she discusses how sexism is
coded into everything from CV-sorting algorithms to deepfake
pornography, and why AI may be the next great battleground for
gender equality.


Honest, analytical, and deeply human, this conversation delves
into what drives Bates to keep going, and what gives her hope for
the next generation.


Find out more about Laura Bates book,The New Age of Sexism, here