Support for female equality is going backwards among young men. Among the under-30s, a striking 57 per cent of males think the movement has gone too far.
In the past three years, women in Afghanistan have been barred from jobs, universities, parks and gyms. Nearly 20 US states have made abortion illegal or harder to secure. Deadly protests have rocked Iran after a young woman arrested for “improper” clothing died in custody.
Americans have re-elected a president who campaigned against a female rival he called “retarded”, “mentally impaired” and a “dummy”.
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Pilita Clark is an associate editor and business columnist at the Financial Times. She writes a weekly column on modern corporate life, as well as features and other articles.
