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Miss Proudman said Mr Carter-Silk’s comments were particularly unacceptable because he made them in a workplace environment in his capacity as a senior solicitor.
She told the Mail: ‘I have received messages from LinkedIn before but never one from a senior partner at a solicitors’ firm, which is why I called it out. As a solicitor he has a duty to uphold the law, which includes sexual discrimination.’

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He wrote: ‘I appreciate that this is probably horrendously politically incorrect but that is a stunning picture!!! You definitely win the prize for the best LinkedIn picture I have ever seen.’

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As a solicitor he has a duty to uphold the law, which includes sexual discrimination

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that is a stunning picture!!! You definitely win the prize for the best LinkedIn picture I have ever seen.’

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sexual discrimination

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She said the public interest in exposing sexism outweighed Mr Carter-Silk’s right to privacy, and repeated her demand for a public apology.

She added: ‘There is a continuum between receiving a sexist message on LinkedIn and being discriminated against in the workplace. ‘It has a huge, profound effect on women’s career opportunities, making them feel uncomfortable working in male-dominated places, for example in the law. That is why I try to nip it in the bud before it escalates.’

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However, it emerged yesterday that the award-winning human rights barrister has commented on pictures of men on Facebook herself to praise their looks.
She also told female friends they looked ‘sexy’ and ‘stunning’ – the same word used by Mr Carter-Silk.
On the profile of a postgraduate student at Cambridge, where Miss Proudman is on sabbatical from her chambers to study for a PhD, she wrote: ‘Hot stuff!’, while under an image of a long-haired male friend, she wrote: ‘oooo lalala!’

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She has been warned she has ‘ruined her career’ by criticising Mr Carter-Silk and speaking out about sexism. Franklin Sinclair, a partner in one of the country’s largest criminal law firms, warned she could be blacklisted.