Clementine Ford has called on women to stop using the word “lucky” when they find a male partner who treats them “like a human being”.
Speaking at the launch of her latest book at the Seymour Center in Darlington earlier this month, the 42-year-old campaigner said it was “unlucky” to be treated with respect.
The staunch feminist, who recently published an anti-marriage book called I Don’t, then used her own co-parenting relationship with her ex-partner as an example.
Clementine told the audience she feels “very grateful” for the healthy relationship she has with her ex-boyfriend for the sake of their child.
However, she maintained that while many women may consider her situation “lucky,” she hesitates to use that word.
Clementine Ford, 42 (pictured) has called on women to stop using the word “lucky” when they find a male partner who treats them “like a human”.
“I don’t want to say ‘happily,’ because that’s often how women talk about their relationships,” she said.
“I’m really lucky, I’ve been really lucky, I’ve got a good one.” It’s like we shouldn’t say we’re lucky to have men who treat women like human beings.
It comes after the controversial author described marriage as being “built on the oppression of women” and compared wives to slaves in his new book.
Speaking at the launch of her latest book at the Seymour Center in Darlington earlier this month, the campaigner said she was “unlucky” to be treated with respect.
The bestselling author appeared on The Project earlier this month to present an alternative view of marriage.
“My biggest problem with marriage is that I think it’s a fundamentally flawed institution that relies on the oppression of women,” she said on the show.
“…But also that it’s being presented to people now as something that it never was, and it’s something that we need to have happiness and love.”
“I’m really lucky, I’ve been really lucky, I’ve got a good one.” It’s like we shouldn’t say we’re lucky to have men who treat women like human beings,” she said.
She went on to say that “love marriage is only about 200 years old” and is not “an essential thing that will elevate our lives to something better.”
Clementine added that marriage was largely “ideal for men”, while women were left with a heavy burden within the relationship.
“One of the biggest complaints a lot of women have about their husbands is that they don’t really feel like their husband sees them, all they are is some sort of all-in-one device glorified for them,” she said.
Clementine said she was “not at all against people falling in love and starting a family”, but urged people to consider whether they need to get married to have meaningful relationships.
It comes after the controversial author described marriage as being “built on the oppression of women” and compared wives to slaves in his new book.
