Feminism and Gender Roles - Women - BBC Four

Excerpts from the Women series of documentaries by Vanessa Engle

Young Activist - Women - BBC Four

Definition of a Feminist

“Anyone, male or female, who does not believe in male supremacy” - Marilyn French

This is what a feminist looks like

"Three women walk into a pub and say, `Hooray, we've colonised a male-dominated joke format'" - Bill Bailey

"We have a rape conviction rate of 5.6%, a pay gap between men and women of 17% and fewer than 20% of our MPs are female - the question is, why wouldn't you be a feminist?" - Kira Cochrane

Misogyny

Misogyny is hatred (or contempt) of women or girls

Sexist networking

I started to notice vicious groups appearing on Facebook with names such as “It isn’t rape if you shout surprise”, “Girls are like dogs. They love to be roughed up” and “30 reasons to hit a woman in the face” - are such worrying trends supposed to be acceptable in modern society?