I agreed that men and women's pension age should be equalised. And, as we are living longer, it would not be equalised downwards. However, I believe the age taper was too steep. The change has affected a lot of women who had not paid enough contributions for a full pension, especially hard if it was because she was the main child carer and homemaker in a family.
There weren't free child care places or child tax credits for those now in their early 60s, they often had no option but to be full time wives and mothers, or take low paid part time work to fit round the family. At least younger people have been made far more aware generally of the need to build up a decent pension. Employee pension schemes are now compulsorily offered, and the basic state pension is significantly higher, so once the younger ones reach retirement age they should not face the same hardships as this particular age group of 60+ women.