Feminism is not about making allowances for perceived weakness

You have to wonder about legislators bringing in law that is, inevitably, going to make employers not currently gagging to employ females even less likely to want them, writes Terry Prone

Mama Mia. Figlia Mia. Exclamations are worth uttering, now that Italy is setting itself up to become the first western nation discussing the possibility of making companies grant three days’ paid leave every month to women working for them who have painful periods.

Many will rise and give a standing ovulation to the Italian legislators involved as champions of equality.