While the days of all-male panel shows and outwardly sexist jokes may be behind us for the mainstream comedy most part, Esther Manito thinks misogyny is still widely accepted in the industry when it comes to one topic: motherhood.

‘I think there is something about motherhood that is still the acceptable base of misogyny,’ Esther tells Metro in a Zoom interview.

‘The division of labour is unequal, the pressure is unequal, the judgment is unequal, and motherhood is still a place where people quite comfortably go: “I don’t want to hear about it. It doesn’t titillate me.” So women are silenced.’

This has been Esther’s experience since she started comedy aged 33 with a baby and a toddler in tow, before she went on to appear on ITV’s Stand Up Sketch Show, Live At The Appollo, and became the f

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