Like many women, I am sceptical of calling myself a feminist. While I have unending gratitude for the women who fought for my right to vote, my right to work and my right to treat my body as my own, I have little time for the modern-day movement that has zero grasp of the problems women still face.

Feminism today seems more interested in putting the Formula One “grid girls” out of a job than dealing with domestic violence and rape statistics. In its current form, it instinctively aligns with the radical left and for that reason most of us have stayed far away from it. But now I’m torn. As the illiberal nature of fourth-wave feminism creeps into public policy, it may be time