Feminism is not a dirty word – LabourList poll results

By Rowenna Davis

The so-called Labour bloke-o-sphere that I have been criticising for the last few days has just proved me wrong by voting for feminism. Over half of the respondents to our poll said that Labour was not doing enough to support women, over 50% were in favour of keeping all-female short lists and more respondents thought that Blair’s Babes had enhanced gender equality than detracted from it. The most shocking result however was that (assuming they didn’t think “F-word” meant something else) – almost 60% said that Labour should be using the word “feminsm” in political debates. Rock on Lister Sisters…

Check out the results below…