Natalie Bennett opposes the motion that we are all feminists.
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Natalie Bennett opens by highlighting that the opposition have a near impossible task proving that "This House Believes That We Are All Feminists Now", 'All' meaning everyone on the planet. She suggests that they should be allowed to exclude some people, an example being Jeremy Clarkson. Another example is The Church of England as they were going to allow women to become bishops but that decision didn't come to pass.
The European Central Bank wanted to elect a woman to the membership board but instead a man was elected joining the other 23 men on the board. She says David Cameron hasn't lived up to his feminist promises that a 3rd of his cabinet would be women by the end of his first term.
Natalie also mentions that FIFA is the only absolute sexist organization left, stating that no matter how good a woman is at football they will never be allowed to play for a premiership football team because of their gender. In conclusion Natalie says that we should all be working towards a feminist society.
Filmed on Thursday 14th February 2013
MOTION: THIS HOUSE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALL FEMINISTS
ABOUT NATALIE BENNETT:
Leader of Green Party; former editor of Guardian Weekly; founder of Carnival of Feminists.
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