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No sacred cows

Why is it only privately educated women who get to lecture people about ‘oppression’?

16 March 2019

9:00 AM

16 March 2019

9:00 AM

Scarcely a week passes without a privately educated young woman with a successful career in journalism publishing a book about how ‘oppressed’ women are. Names that spring to mind are Laurie Penny (Brighton College), Zoe Williams (Godolphin and Latymer), Laura Bates (King’s College), Afua Hirsch (Wimbledon High School) and Grace Blakeley (Lord Wandsworth College).

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