Sexism — the deeply engrained hurdle in our society that’s blocking our road to gender equality. No matter how hard we try to be progressive, it’ll always be a ‘one-step forward, two steps backward’ situation with sexism.
We spoke to a few women, who opened up about the moment when the truth about gender inequality struck them.
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