I had never heard of feminism until l was in my 20s. It sounds unlikely, especially amid the modern media frenzy over Kleenex "mansize" tissues and Gilette's "toxic masculinity" advert, but it's true. It wasn't something people talked about. It wasn't something they taught at school. I simply didn't know it existed.
That doesn't mean I didn't need feminism. It certainly doesn't mean I didn't experience sexism. By the time I finished university, I'd experienced street harassment, sexual assault and workplace discrimination, but I didn't have the language to describe any of them, nor the confidence to protest.