I once believed that we only had to put in place the conditions for
equality for the remnants of old-fashioned sexism in our culture to
wither away. I am ready to admit that I was wrong.'
Empowerment, liberation, choice. Once the watchwords of feminism, these
terms have now been co-opted by a society that sells women an
airbrushed, highly sexualised and increasingly narrow vision of
femininity. Drawing on a wealth of research and personal interviews,
LIVING DOLLS is a straight-talking, passionate and important book that
makes us look afresh at women and girls, at sexism and femininity -
today.