By Julie Bindel
For feminists, particularly those of us campaigning to end male violence and secure women’s rights to single-sex spaces and services, the forthcoming UK general election is a minefield.
The vast majority of women’s rights activists in this country sit somewhere on the political left, including me. We believe that the only way to tackle inequality is to understand the structures that allow inequality to flourish – such as patriarchy, capitalism, and the intersection between the two. Feminists understand that in order to secure women’s rights in a sustainable manner, we must get to the root...