Melanie Phillips est née le 4 juin 1951 à Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni. Elle est mariée avec Joshua Rozenberg depuis le 31 mars 1974. Elle et Joshua Rozenberg ont deux enfants.
women decided that the male of the species was eminently dispensable, that it was the right of women to bring up children on their own and that men were of use merely as sperm donors, walking wallets and occasional au pairs.