The fertility industry has grown massively over the last 30 years and I have to say it disturbs a lot of feminists. The whole pressure to freeze eggs was presented as this liberation that you don't need to be married or get pregnant by a casual person, but in reality is quite an invasive procedure. Do we as a society have a responsibility to enable families young families to be able to have children? We do one way or another either through immigration or enabling people to have children maybe a combination of the twobut what's the way to do it?, asks Emma Watson.
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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