According to Fox News’ Jesse Watters, young women are voting against conservative parties in droves because they’re too - wait for it! - educated and SINGLE. To solve the infuriating matter of their political independence, Watters suggests they need to be married off to men who’ll get them back on the straight and narrow. While we might laugh at this ignorance, the demonisation of single women (and the threat they pose to a status quo reliant on women’s domestic service and political inequality) is nothing new. In this invigorating session, Clementine Ford will take you on an eye opening walk through history and explain how and why the Cat Lady trope has become so prolific. History made herstory, this one is not to be missed!