I don't know if anyone saw this last night on BBC 4 (I was channel hopping and came across it) but it included Rachel Johnson going to look at various things that make women into 'a lady'.
One of the places she went to was an eqtiquette school where women were taught how to enter rooms, walk, eat with appropriate cutlery, flower arrange, etc, etc. She asked the owner/teacher of this establishment why she thought these courses were more popular now. This woman replied with (I'm paraphrasing) that 'because women have been equal for so long now in the home and in the workplace they are more confident about having other people take care of them and in doing more traditionally ladylike things.'
Admittedly I was having a bad day yesterday after listening to a 23 year old middle class white man in my office extensively complain about how sexist the corporate dress policy is against men and how hard done by he is if and when the weather gets warm, but I was quite surprised that anyone held the above view about female equality and just generally about the tone of the programme.
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Sunshineleaves31 · 24/07/2015 14:43
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