is also economic, cultural and social. The argument going back and forth between each side at the moment is nothing more than a front for their central political agendas. Conservatives argue that they are helping women back into work; this is in a similar vein to the rest of their employment and welfare policy, similarly Labour's stance on issues like childcare and maternity leave is in line with their more socialist 'it takes a village' credentials. The fact that these things affect women is incidental and unavoidable but it doesn't make them a 'women's issue'. Much like all issues that affect women are not necessarily feminist issues, not all women are feminists and of the ones that are, not all feminists make it their sole reason for getting up in the morning. To assume all women are the same, that they need to be flattered, charmed and convinced as a group that only cares about what they get for the extra X chromosome  is the same kind of naive and narrow minded thinking that the misogynists use. It assumes that all women care about things like child benefit, it assumes that all men don't.  As a twenty one year old, unemployed graduate and childless feminist I don't care that much about child benefit, but there are many thousands of feminists that do; our priorities are shaped by the point we are it in our lives.  Next election I'm voting for the party that will get my generation out of the