Magazine Issue: 09 August 2014 Features Magazine: 09 August 2014 Florence King How niceness became the eighth deadly sin for women We’re increasingly enjoined not to be nice. We seem to be listening From magazine issue: 09 August 2014 [Getty Images/iStockphoto] issue 09 August 2014 Text settings Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments Share Share Florence King How niceness became the eighth deadly sin for women Copy link Copied Linkedin Messenger Email Sign up to Britain’s best politics newsletter Evening Blend delivers an in-depth analysis of the day’s political news straight to your inbox, every weeknight. SIGN UP Already a subscriber? Log in ×