I fail to call her a journalist anymore. It's an insult to the good journalists out there...
"The slut walkers, with their black clothes and gothic make-up, are well educated and fiercely super-confident young women raised by middle-class mothers to expect everything they want from life. They take no prisoners.
They will glide through life, bossing their husbands and bosses, doing exactly as they please.
But the brown, over-manicured young women who weren?t on yesterday?s march, who were half a mile away schlepping in and out of Primark and
H&M, might as well have been a million miles away. This demonstration was preaching to the converted.
We all know rape is bad, don?t we? But the other women, the working-class women who have only been taught to shop till they drop will, if not be raped, put up with low-paid jobs and expectations, domestic abuse, bad relationships, debt.
Because what these women are lacking is self-belief, a quality the slut walkers have in droves. There is no sisterhood between these two groups, none.
The super-confident sluts should have been demonstrating outside Topshop, and marching down Oxford Street.
Now that would have been something."
Just where the hell do we start? Of course, the middle classes never have bad relationships, debt, get raped or stuck in an abusive relationship... I'm actually lost for words....
If you want to read the hideous article, it's here
Feminism: Sex & gender discussions
Misogynistic Daily Fail writer, Liz Jones, strikes again.
DontCallMePeanut · 14/06/2011 08:18
They will glide through life, bossing their husbands and bosses, doing exactly as they please.
Granted, many middle class women are more likely to have advantages in terms of income, education etc. compared to many working class women.
Can't see how that grants them automatic immunity from being buried in sackfuls of patriarchal shit, though.
"There is no sisterhood between these two groups, none"
That is a vile thing to say. It's not lack of sisterhood - why assume the ones on the march don't care about the downtrodden Primark shoppers ? It's a bloody good thing that some women are self-confident and determined. Isn't it? 
Would she rather that we all submitted to the status quo, and to 'be raped, put up with low-paid jobs and expectations, domestic abuse, bad relationships, debt'?
I don't even see the point of the article TBH. It can't all be fixed instantly so let's not start? Weird.
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I am MC, self-confident and educated. I shop in Primark from time to time. Because sadly being MC, self-confident and educated does not always equate to having money to chuck about
Actually, I think she has a point. Please let me explain before you all flame me. 
Her article was biased, patronising and classist, but she's right about one thing: Self belief and an understanding of where you are in society are key to achieving female equality. How do we achieve that when the women (of all classes) who have fallen for the patriarchal spin so often see feminism as something completely removed from their lives with nothing to offer?
I've written on this before, and although I class myself a feminist, I think class is a far, far more significant factor in determining the course of your life than gender is.
Whilst I agree to an extent, surely personal life experiences are the biggest influence? A woman is statistically more likely to experience domestic violence if she has witnessed or experienced abuse in childhood or adolescence. Now, as we know, abuse isn't limited to the working classes.
Likewise, violence against women does not take place because of someone's class. It take place becaise of their gender. Being a woman makes you a lot more likely to be a victim of rape or abuse.
Social mobility is much harder than it used to be IMO, but still happens.
I actually beg to differ. Yes, social mobility happens, but I'd say it is more possible than it previously was. It was only 200 years ago, no, 150 years ago, that education was limited to the upper and middle class males. It was less than a hundred years ago that a woman could study at university, yet would not receive a degree, a decision based solely on her gender. It's only through recent years that women and the working class alike have been able to access not only higher education, but improved job prospects. It still takes a lot of work, but social mobility is becoming more accessible.
How can Liz tell who's middle class and who's not? Does she actually think there aren't any fake-tanned middle class girls shopping in Primark? Have you not noticed? Us working class girls have the sign of the devil tattooed on our foreheads. 
Liz Jones is a fool with a made up bf. Who takes any notice of what she says? Firstly, oh dear... She's found a new fantasy victim man? Oh shiiiit. Secondly, I agree, BUT unfortunately, some people are easily influenced by media. Just remember the DM inspired statuses on fb? (if you have an account, just scan fb, and you'll see what I mean...)
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Oh dear, I posted the link on facebook, and a friend has commented saying she can't see anything wrong with what she said... How many new arseholes do I rip her?
(She's not British, lives in Australia, and uses the fact she's never read anything by Ms Jones as an excuse)
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