Our thanks to James for this piece in The Guardian. Women marching for gender equality, eh? Marvellous. Which of their many privileges are they prepared to give up to achieve this objective, I wonder? An extract from the piece, to give you a flavour of the intellectual content of the march participants:
Bea Miller, holding a sign that read “I rebel therefore we exist”, said: “I’ve been fighting for equality for women for as long as I can remember and feel like the time is now for women to finally smash the patriarchal system that keeps us all – men and women – oppressed.”
She added: “I think it’s fantastic that so many people have come out in this awful weather and we’re just saying ‘no more’.”
A group of 13- and 14-year-olds were also in attendance. One of them, Yuri Watanabe, said: “Women are being oppressed everywhere, even in places you wouldn’t even imagine. We came here to represent.”
Her friend, Zara Khan, said: “When you go to work it should be a professional environment and you shouldn’t be abused. So many women can’t say anything because of the power over them. It’s important to raise awareness and show support as women.”
