Why can’t women enjoy Heated Rivalry without being treated with contempt?
- Posted on January 19, 2026
- By The Guardian
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Why can’t women enjoy Heated Rivalry without being treated with contempt?

The TV hit has cracked open a rich seam of misogyny: romance is written off as a weird thing that women like, and the audience is dismissed as ‘wine moms’, writes Zoe Williams