In December 1982, the first major action took place, when 30,000 women encircled the base, in the biggest women-only action Britain had ever seen. Slogans, such as ‘Take the Toys from the Boys’, were in some ways a challenge for socialist feminists, as they seemed to emphasise that men should be seen as the enemy. Nor were all of us comfortable with the idea that women were naturally more peaceful than men.