Letters | 29 October 2015

We should all be feminists

Sir: Articles proclaiming the death of feminism are appearing like clockwork in the press at the moment (‘Bad winners’, 24 October). Each time, it prompts feminists to respond passionately, demonstrating that far from being over, feminism is experiencing a resurgence. Witness the crowds that gathered at the Feminism in London conference at the weekend, or the stats which refuse to budge: the 19 per cent gender pay gap, the 54,000 pregnant women who are discriminated against at work each year, and the two women per week who die at the hands of a partner or former partner.

But there is a more serious underlying issue. We still hear all too often from those who state, as Meryl Streep did recently, ‘I’m not a feminist but…’, before going on to identify with the very cause from which they have just distanced themselves. So while feminism is resurgent, it is also exclusive.