The author, 57, saw the tweet and attacked the singer, saying she was ‘enjoying the recent spate of bearded men stepping confidently onto their soapboxes to define what a woman is and throw their support behind rape and death threats’.
But Bragg did not define what a woman was at any point in his initial tweet, and simply supported Norton’s suggestion that people discuss trans issues with the parents of trans children or doctors and psychologists instead of referring to celebrity viewpoints.
After Ms Rowling seemed to suggest both Norton and Bragg were ‘misogynists’ she received a widespread backlash from social media users for the claim, for which she provided no evidence.
