Melanie Phillips nasceu o 4 de junho de 1951 em Hammersmith, Londres, Inglaterra. É casada com Joshua Rozenberg desde o 31 de março de 1974 e tem dois filhos.
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.