Announcing the birth of his second daughter Dory in 2011, Webb revealed on Twitter that he didn’t totally eschew gender norms, tweeting jokily: “Everyone inferring girl-ness from pink top. Correctly. F**k it: she can have an Action Man later.”

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Robert Webb’s daughter had the patriarchy nailed at six years old