I am struck by how resolutely the daughters of the 1970s “Me” generation have become the #MeToo generation — young women everywhere joining the clamour to shout “me too”. I also applaud my pupils at St Albans High School who choose to debate this as part of their celebrations of International Women’s Day today. Young, engaged, outward-looking girls, starting to understand the complex world they are stepping out into. Complex it is, and full of choices: to think, to listen, to challenge, to rebel and to criticise. It’s for this reason that I will remind our pupils of Nora Ephron’s wise words: “Be the heroine of your life, not the victim”.

Source: The Times March 08, 2018 00:02 UTC