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20 May 2013

The Five Main Issues Facing Modern Feminism

Despite our collective achievements, sexism today can seem an insurmountable obstacle. These are the fronts we are fighting on.

By Rhiannon

 

What exactly is “modern feminism”? Whether you’re with the Times and see it as “hot, rude and self-confident”, with that ubiquitous pub-goer who remonstrates on how it’s “unnecessary” because we’re not throwing ourselves under horses anymore, or more inclined to agree with this magazine and say that we’re all just obsessed with gin and cake, there’s no denying that we’re seeing something of a new wave. 

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