Cate, 51, has often spoken out about women's rights but, she says, it's a subject that demands calm debate."I don't think any of us women who work these days are aggressive about it, because if there's anything we have learned from the second wave of feminism, it's that polarising attacks don't really advance the conversation at all."When I was growing up, there was this stigma about being a feminist because it was perceived as being anti-family.
I didn't understand the problem at the time, but I do realise in retrospect that there was a real stigma that came off the women's liberation movement.
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