Feminism is rather unappealing these days. Most young women avoid the word altogether, given the unfortunate connotations with ‘all men are sexist scum’ campaigns, which have successfully hijacked the movement in recent years.

Western feminism is on its last legs and is in desperate need of a cause. It’s tried to reinvent itself in various ways; with the tampon tax, the wage gap, the definition of ‘harassment’ (now incomprehensible), Germaine Greer on Q&A (where she bemoaned everything about a woman’s life and helpfully suggested Julie Bishop go topless); all of which have come off as uninspiring nonsense that is unnecessarily exaggerated....