I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged into the 21st century in terms of attitudes towards women.

I worry that some politicians still think we are living in the 1950s where the man is the main breadwinner and the woman works for pin money. Actually, most families where there are two parents depend on two incomes to get by.

Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me that a system that allowed luxury for the few at the expense of the many needed to be challenged.

I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged into the 21st century in terms of attitudes towards women.

I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.

You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.

Of course, no-one thinks the EU is perfect. In recent years, the pace of social reform has slowed. But staying in offers the chance to rebuild a vision of Europe for workers, regardless of the passport they hold.