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b'A year ago, you could have been forgiven for thinking that gender equality was on an unstoppable trajectory. America stood poised to elect its first female president. On this side of the Atlantic, members of the political and cultural establishment proudly sported \\u2018This Is What a Feminist Looks Like\\u2019 T-shirts. Had you told a Hillary Clinton supporter or one of those T-shirt campaigners that a year later the US president would be Donald Trump, a man with an abysmal record of sexually harassing women, and that women over the world would be defending their basic rights, including access to abortion, they would have barely believed it. How did we end up here? Has feminism become trapped, as some claim, in its own elitist \\u2018lean-in\\u2019 bubble? The recent Women\\u2019s Marches may have seen millions take to the streets in a tide of popular outrage. But some feminist commentators argue that the marches only demonstrated just how much middle-class liberal aspirations have become over-represented in the gender equality movement. Feminism, for these critics, has failed \\u2018ordinary\\u2019 women by focusing almost exclusively on the advancement of women at the top. According to a new report, while female CEOs\\u2019 salaries are rising, the gender pay gap across the globe is actually wider today than it was in 2008. If the gender equality project is to move beyond the needs and concerns of the so-called \\u2018elite\\u2019, what are the blindspots it needs to address? What can feminism do to expand the conversation beyond the \\u2018politically correct\\u2019 classes? How can we bring men into the conversation, and involve them in a project that stands to benefit everyone? To explore how gender equality can be made more accessible, Intelligence Squared is bringing together a brilliant panel to put forward their practical solutions. Speakers will include Jess Phillips, the outspoken MP described as \\u2018Labour\\u2019s future red queen\\u2019, and Catherine Mayer, bestselling author and co-founder of the Women\\u2019s Equality Party. They will be joined by writer and TV star David Baddiel, and teenage activist and journalist June Eric-Udorie, named one of the BBC\\u2019s 100 Women of 2016. Join us on March 8th, International Women\\u2019s Day, hear the arguments, and put your questions to our speakers.\\nSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared.\\n\\nSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'