‘Feminazi’ row lawyer: I don’t regret it

Charlotte Proudman, 27, posted screenshots on Twitter of messages she viewed sent by Alexander Carter-Silk, a senior partner in a top London firm.

She said the messages were inappropriate and “objectified her” in a professional context.

He has since apologised in an email saying he “sincerely regrets” if his remarks offended Ms Proudman.

I don’t regret this episode in my life, I believe that I was standing up for something that I believe in
Charlotte Proudman

Since the messages became public knowledge she revealed to Cathy Newman that she has been the subject of “vitriolic” attacks on Twitter and has even received death threats via email.

She claimed that in one email a stranger said he knew her address and planned to cut off her head and put it in a bag.

Ms Proudman added that she had experienced sexism in the workplace since the very beginning of her carer – including a solicitor asking for bikini shots in exchange for work experience and a barrister putting and unwanted hand on her knee.

She said: “When I believe that sexist messages are sent, and in this case I was sent this message on linked in through a professional space, I believe I was perfectly entitled to share that message, t share that sexism.

“I don’t regret this episode in my life, I believe that I was standing up for something that I believe in.

“I believe in women’s rights and I believe that women should be treated as people, not bodies and we should be respected and valued equally for our about professional abilities, not seen through our bodies and body images and our physical appearance.”

She added: “I want to be respected for the skills I posses as a barrister, I do not want to be viewed for the face that I was born with.”

It was possible she said, that she could forgive Mr Silk, but only if he admitted that the message was “sexists and highly inappropriate in a professional context”.

A spokesman for Brown Rudnick LLP said: “Both Mr. Carter-Silk and the firm have promptly and sincerely apologised to Ms Proudman. We have also assured Ms Proudman that we are committed to gender equality and do not condone any words or actions that depart from that principle.”