Comedian Esther Manito: ‘Motherhood is still the acceptable base of misogyny’

Esther Mantel is a mother along with many other women in the UK – so why isn’t motherhood interesting enough for the comedy industry? (Picture: Steve Best)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