Anyone would think that The Graunaid hates feminism, especially as the feminist columnists (Hag Greer and Polly Toynbee) appear intend on alienating a lot of women from the concept.

Take this latest piece of Pink-Bashing, published a couple of days ago.

Of course, you know where the article is going when the words "Poisonous Pink Assault" appears in the strapline. Yes, pink and girliness are responsible for all inequality facing women! Yes, all a colour's fault! Just how irrational does that sound?!

Try reading Madam Toynbee's article from start to finish, and you will find the answer. On the irrationality meter her rant is close to totally irrational.

Let's start in the paragraph where she lays the blame for inequality on pink;

It's almost impossible to buy toys now that are not putridly pink branded or aggressively superhero male.

And? Never thought that might be what small children want?! I'm not sure if Miss Toynbee has ever worked with small children - something I doubt - but if you ask what their favourite colour is, the girls are most likely to say pink. No prompting by adults takes place, just a straight question and a straight, affirmative answer.

The next paragraph is just absolutely ridiculous! Especially the following;

One study showed how anxiety about appearance harms brain function: girls were asked to try on a swimsuit or a sweater in a private dressing room, supposedly to give their opinion. While waiting they were asked to do a maths test. The girls given swimsuits did much worse than those in sweaters, as thinking about their bodies, mostly negatively, undermined their intellectual self-confidence.

That tells us what exactly?! Firstly, you can get unflattering, functional swimsuits and figure-hugging sweaters. Has Polly Toynbee never walked into a High Street Boutique? Secondly, does this make Olympic swimmers bad at maths, or any other intellectual pursuit? I would have thought that sport required a good deal of maths, for example lap times.

Finally, in her conclusion;

Equal pay and equal power are closely connected with an escape from princess pink.

Really? Please tell me how, as you haven't explained why in your article! It appears, Miss Toynbee (the "Miss" used for the purpose of annoyance), that you are just attempting to tenuously connect pink to all the inquality and discrimination against women, without any evidence at all.

Feminism is not, and should not be about women trying to become like a man in order to become successful because some patronising, self-righteous witch tells her to. Feminism should be about a woman making her own choices, accepting who she is as a person and reaching whatever her ambition might be. And I include being a mother and running a successful dressmaking business in that!