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Is Modern Feminism Failing To Create Real, Lasting Change?

Is Modern Feminism Failing To Create Real, Lasting Change?
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Late last year I went to a conference session on sexism in the workplace. About 25 of us, mostly young professional women, swapped demoralising anecdotes about how the pay gap, motherhood, sexual harassment and oppressive gender expectations had impacted our careers.

We were all on pretty much the same page. There was furious agreement that women are subjected to sexism in the public sphere, and that this is harmful to individuals and to society as a whole. Fantastic, I thought. We’re switched on, we know what’s what, and we’re here together to talk about what we can do to fix things.

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