Testimony of a converted feminist

'I have thought of myself as a feminist throughout my adult life,' writes Birkett, 'and have read and approved, as well as critiqued a wide range of feminist texts. It seemed a basically sensible philosophy. Women deserve to be treated with exactly the dignity and respect that men do as human beings.' (9) Having begun her research as a feminist, she discovered that the social project called 'feminism' is fundamentally flawed. It aimed for the breakdown of traditional marriage and for women to have careers on the same terms as men. Both goals worked against women's interests.

Sharon James