I ponder this a lot. It bothers me, upsets me, winds me up terribly. I hope others can relate?
I love my mum. She's wonderful. She's kind, selfless, living, giving. She'd honestly throw herself under a bus for me or either of my sisters. But she's so so ingrained in her ways and they are all sexist.
She laughs at my partner because he does all the cooking. She won't buy my nephews clothes if they are pink or purple because boys don't wear that colour. She's told me off for letting my 11.6 daughter go as 'little dead riding hood' to Halloween do because it's 'slaggy'. She laughs at me if I say she's wrong for not getting my nephew the props pig set he wants for his birthday (props is for girls), she relentlessly hints at me about having another baby despite knowing I just do not want anymore kids (have one). I could go on.
By now, I imagine people are thinking ugh, cut contact, vile, etc. If everything I've said was all she was, I'd agree. Yet it's a tiny part.
How can you reconcile all THAT with feeling so feminist about everything every day that it hurts!
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How do you deal with those you truly love, being sexist?
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MrsChnandlerBong · 28/10/2014 00:31
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