Letters: Celebrating Zachary's parents

A feminist myself, I found Catherine Pepinster's letter worrying (Letters, 31 December). Her argument that David Furnish and Elton John's use of a surrogate mother to "satisfy their desires" is exploitative (on a par with prostitution) was offensive on many levels. First, I presume Ms Pepinster considers herself a feminist – if so, then she must realise that feminism is not about forcing women to follow a certain empowered ideal, but about giving women the choice to follow whatever lifestyle t...

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