We can also see something similar in politics, particularly in the UK. Margaret Thatcher, the first woman Prime Minister in the UK, was one of the most controversial leaders we’ve had, and her legacy is still widely debated today. Thatcher disliked feminism and is (rightly) criticised for her contribution to the growing social unrest that characterised the Eighties.

Some argue that Thatcher is the reason the UK took so long to vote in another female prime minister (Theresa May in 2017, although she became prime minister without a vote in 2016). Yet we’ve continued to vote men into power, in spite of their faults - Tony Blair led us into a war which has since been described as unjustified, yet male leaders were voted in after him, and we doubt David Cameron’s presiding over the Brexit vote will mean we don’t see another male prime minister for 30 years.

It’s a classic case of “if a man does something silly”, just on a much bigger scale. Day was really onto something.

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Doris Day’s most important quote is still hugely relevant today