The second wave feminist movement was very closely linked to some other radical movements like socialism and like the early gay liberation movement. John Waters said he finds it bemusing that you have this huge rise in gay couples wanting to replicate heterosexual patriarchy. Even in attempts to sort of fix gender discrimination issues, women are still seen as 'the default male', says Emma Watson. The way we've designed our world because of the data we've collected has been so heavily dominated by male bodies and male perspectives that just seems like the natural order of things.
International Women’s Week on Intelligence Squared. Change is never easy, it requires putting up a fight, going against the status quo, and if you’re a woman - this may require you to be difficult. In 2020 Helen Lewis, staff writer for The Atlantic, joined us on stage to discuss the lives of some of history’s complicated and contradictory fighters for female freedom, and their refusal to conform to societal expectations. Helen was joined by Caroline Criado Perez, journalist and author of Invisible Women, which is now also a podcast. And the conversation was chaired by broadcaster Samira Ahmed who had just won the employment tribunal she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay. Together they examine why women who challenge the status quo are often seen as threatening or intimidating and why the fight for change is far from perfect.
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