Essex Girls are "victims of prejudice"

Aimed at empowering the girls who live in Essex, the Essex Women's Advisory Group has been set up by women sick of the prejudice they've always experienced, believing that the stereotype leads girls to feel disenfranchised and disadvantaged. The story was in The Times just last month.

Mrs Field, of Galleywood, said: "A lot of the girls we were helping were suffering so much from this image, so we decided to do something.

"There are so many successful girls in Essex and we wanted to promote this."

She added that Essex girls will often claim to be from Kent, or "just outside London" to avoid any potential embarrassment

The group has already raised tens of thousands of pounds for women's refuges in Essex. I guess it's easy to laugh the sterotype off without considering that it can really hinder someone's chances of success.

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