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I like to think

of sexism as if it were a tree.

Yes, that’s right! If sexism is

a tree, then as campaigners, we

are mighty tree surgeons! To take down the tree of sexism and get to the roots of the problem (quite literally!) we need to tackle its branches one at a time. Each branch represents a specific example of the wider problem of sexism. Once all of these examples are solved, and we have subsequently hacked at each branch of our sexism tree, then we will be left with nothing but its trunk! The tree would be no more. We would have won!

Whichever wider problem you are helping to solve, whether it’s sexism, racism, anti-Semitism or something entirely different, you too are acting like a mighty tree surgeon. You are working

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