Will the UK media ever grow up in how they cover women in politics?: the case of Ekaterina Zatuliveter shows that sexist attitudes remain pervasive

Abstract

Revelations in 2010 about possible Russian spies in the west have tinges of cold-war era paranoia, and the most recent involving the parliamentary researcher of a Liberal Democrat MP have raised questions about security at the heart of government. But according to Avery Hancock, these allegations and the way Ekaterina Zatuliveter has been portrayed, tell us far more about sexism in the media and in our corridors of power