We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having … - Annie Lennox

Historically, the image of women in pop music has been so totally ornamental - sexual, but predictably so. It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years. Certainly, if you look at the pop charts as a measuring stick, you'd think it hasn't come far at all. But women do feel less like victims now than they did twenty years ago. At heart I'm a feminist, but I'm also a feminist for men. Men should be liberated from the roles that are foisted on them also.

I may be mad
I may be blind
I may be viciously unkind
But I can still read what you're thinking.
And I've heard it said too many times
That you'd be better off
Besides, why can't you see this boat is sinking?

I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.