Meanwhile in Sweden...

Funnily enough, the whole concept is now under review.

At the end of last year when Sweden was gripped by a cold winter and heavy snow fell in the capital Stockholm, the left-wing council had the bright idea of introducing "gender equal" snow removal policy. And, no, that doesn't mean that there is boy/bad snow and girl/good snow.

In 2014, a coalition of Social Democrats, Greens, Left Party and the Feminist Initiative Party was elected to run the city and the introduction of a "feminist" snow clearance policy was high on their agenda. This policy was based on the idea that men used cars much more than women so the previous policy which prioritised clearing roads over pedestrian pavements was clearly sexist.

Guess what happened?

After a particularly heavy snowfall, the city was thrown into chaos. Hospitals reported a fourfold increase in broken bones, thousands couldn't get to work because buses and trains were blocked or cancelled, ambulances ground to a halt, deliveries to shops and other businesses simply stopped and travelling by car became impossible. The public outcry was deafening.

Police said conditions on the city's roads had become "deplorable". The council opposition, not wanting to actually upset feminists, mildly described the whole idea as "a little silly". Their spokesperson Cecilea Brinck, said the policy, far from making life better for women, it had actually made life "bad for everyone."

Even the city's Green Party transport head responsible for the feminist snow clearing policy, Daniel Hellden, admitted, "It's obvious that it hasn't worked, and the question is why."

He wondered out loud, "Is it the weather or the procedures which we in the city have put in place?"

"Overall, I say that I regret that Stockholmers have not been able to get to their jobs, kindergartens and schools, but there is not much more to say about it."

Presumably, it didn't occur to him that it was the "feminist" and "gender neutral" snow clearing policy was to blame and not God because the council hasn't actually dumped the policy for next winter later this year.

The country's Environment Minister Ms Karolina Skog agrees with the Stockholm City Council that women are being discriminated against when it comes to transport and reducing the number of cars on the road is actually a gender issue.

"Cars are driven largely by men so by giving a lot of space to cars we are giving a lot of space to men at the expense of women," she said. Obviously, this has to end. It is sexist and shocking, isn't it?