IS there still misogyny directed at high profile woman in politics? Of course.
Is the challenge to Arlene Foster for her role in the Renewable Heating Incentive scandal driven by misogyny? Absolutely not.
The First Minister has spent the Christmas holidays locked in talks with her party colleagues trying to find a way out of the current political crisis.
What was originally a £400m, then £490m, and now potentially a £600m blunder continues to rumble on and still there are no answers or accountability.
If the best the DUP can come up with to defend their under fire leader is cries of sexism then we can only conclude that they have no credible response to the mounting public questions and anger.
The issue with Arlene Foster's claims sexism is driving calls for her to stand aside, is that her biggest critics are not bitter old men but female members of the opposition, Naomi Long and Nichola Mallon being the most vocal.
I'm fairly sure that the First Minister has experienced sexism during her political career, but I'd be surprised if most of that wasn't from within her own party.
Who can forget Edwin Poots reminding his party leader that her most important role was that of a "wife and mother" on the day she took the top job.
Or Sammy Wilson's insulting comments about breast feeding mothers.
The party that moo'd when members of the Women's Coalition stood up to speak during the first devolved administration have hardly a glowing track record when it comes to female equality.
For a party, that has repeatedly blocked changes to legislation, that would allow women in crisis pregnancy receive proper medical care, to play the sexism card quite rightly sounded the distraction siren among many sceptical commentators.
I've seen some of the misogyny directed towards the first minister on social media, I can understand why she doesn't want her children viewing what can be pretty dire commentary.
I and most other women with a profile have been subjected to similar abuse, and my children have seen some of that, but what men hiding behind anonymous profiles do online is a different debate for a different day, it has no bearing on the pressure Ms Foster is currently experiencing regarding her role in approving the RHI scheme.
She's a leader and she needs to show some leadership, now is not the time to clumsily play the woman card.
