Am I allowed to make fun of women’s football? 

I’m loath to write about the current Fifa World Cup because criticising women’s football is textbook ‘misogyny’ – at least, that’s what Sadiq Khan thinks. The centrepiece of his recent ‘Have a word’ campaign is a video of young men discussing the women’s Euros, with viewers encouraged to press a button saying ‘Maaate’ when a line is crossed. The idea is to nip such behaviour in the bud before it escalates into violence. One particularly noxious youth describes the Euros as a ‘joke’, clearly marking him out as a potential rapist.

But is that really evidence of ‘misogyny’? The exit of the US Women’s National Team from the tournament last Sunday after losing a penalty shoot-out was, dare I say it, a bit of a joke. Megan Rapinoe, the 38-year-old forward, made a complete horlicks of her spot-kick, sending Sweden through to the last 16.