The female barrister who accused a married lawyer of sexism after he complimented her on her photo today refused to accept his apology and told critics: 'I am not a man-hating Feminazi'.

Charlotte Proudman, 27, maintains she was right to embarrass Alexander Carter-Silk, the married solicitor who praised her ‘stunning’ picture on professional networking site LinkedIn.

She called the father of two, 57, 'sexist' because he told her: 'You definitely win the prize for the best LinkedIn picture I have ever seen'.

Today the barrister said she named him because 'exposing sexism outweighed any privacy' but admitted she now 'faces the prospect of career suicide'.

Describing the 'phenomenal backlash' she said: 'I have had vulgar comments discussing my physical appearance in quite some detail, and in a sexual manner, which serves to silence women'.

Threats: Barrister Charlotte Proudman, 27, embarrassed a senior lawyer after he complimented her on a photo and has since been warned about being blackballed by her profession

Ms Proudman, 27, maintains she was right to embarrass Alexander Carter-Silk, the married solicitor who praised her ‘stunning’ picture on professional networking site LinkedIn

'Offensive': Married father-of-two Alexander Carter-Silk, 57, (pictured left) was accused of ‘disgusting’ sexism for messaging high-flying barrister Charlotte Proudman, 27, (right), praising her ‘stunning’ picture on LinkedIn

She told the Evening Standard: 'Professionals are using LinkedIn as if it were Tinder. There are websites designed for professionals to date. There is no need to use LinkedIn'.

The row was triggered on Tuesday when Mr Carter-Silk wrote to Miss Proudman on LinkedIn: ‘Charlotte, delighted to connect, I appreciate that this is probably horrendously politically incorrect but that is a stunning picture!!!’

Miss Proudman, who is on sabbatical from her chambers to study for a PhD at Cambridge, has been criticised for publicly ‘outing’ Mr Carter-Silk on the grounds it could damage his career and private life.

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Asked if she regretted it, she said: ‘To be frank he shouldn’t behave in that way and then he wouldn’t need to worry about it ruining his career. But I very much doubt it has ruined his career.’

She added she did not accept his apology because he said it was 'for the offence that I have taken, so there is no acknowledgement that the message he sent was inappropriate or is sexist'.

Last night a spokesman for Mr Carter-Silk said he had made a ‘prompt and sincere personal apology and is wife of nearly 30 years, Jacqueline, 60, declined to comment from the couple’s £700,000 detached Cambridgeshire home.

Today a man believed to be the lawyer opened the door at the same property said: 'No comment' before shutting the door.

But according to City law website RollOnFriday, he claimed his comments had been misconstrued and that he was merely complimenting ‘the professional quality of the presentation’ of the LinkedIn photograph.

The 57-year-old, whose eldest daughter is the same age as Miss Proudman, had said Miss Proudman she should ‘win a prize’ for her picture which he called the ‘best I have ever seen’ on the site.

Yesterday Miss Proudman said she felt compelled to ‘out’ Mr Carter-Silk, who has represented supermodel Elle Macpherson, because he is a senior figure in the legal profession and ‘had a duty’ to uphold laws against sexual discrimination.

Charlotte Proudman, 27, said she has been targeted by internet trolls, who claimed she had ‘ruined’ her career, after accusing a married lawyer of sexism for complimenting her on her LinkedIn photo

Mr Carter-Silk said Miss Proudman should ‘win a prize’ for her photograph, adding it was ‘the best I have ever seen’ on the site. She responded saying she was not on LinkedIn ‘to be objectified by sexist men’ (pictured)

The human rights lawyer told the Daily Mail: ‘I have received messages saying: “You have ruined your career. You have bitten the hand that feeds you. There go your instructions from solicitors.”

‘I have also had the usual: “You don’t look that great” and “It’s just a compliment”. It just shows the extent of sexism in the legal profession. It does appear to be very bad, particularly because it is male-dominated.’

She said she had ‘a thick skin’ but was concerned the threats she received on Twitter about her future were real. ‘We will just have to wait and see what happens,’ she said.

A partner in one of the UK’s largest criminal law firms suggested Miss Proudman would be ‘blacklisted’ by solicitors.

Franklin Sinclair, of Tuckers Solicitors, wrote on Twitter: ‘What an awful thing to do, what kind of world do we live in when a man can’t give a lady a compliment.getalife. Nomorebriefs4u. (sic)’

When she responded saying she would not want to work for ‘sexist solicitors’, he replied: ‘I should think you’ve blacklisted yourself from more than just sexist ones!’

Posting on Twitter today Miss Proudman said she would endure the 'misogynistic backlash' to encourage other women to call out sexism. But she's since been targeted by internet trolls who said she had 'ruined' her career



