Harry and Meghan, actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, Kimberley Kitching vs Labor’s Mean Girls – women’s toxic behaviour is in the spotlight like rarely before, with manipulation, ‘whipped’ men, social exclusion and some typically female dark arts on display.

I hesitate to detail for delicate-minded Speccie readers the Twitter #MePoo controversy sparked by Amber Heard during her defamation trial and countersuit with the louche and drug-loving actor Depp but suffice to say it involves excrement, beds and photos thereof.