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Early signs you were a feminist (light-hearted)

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Lio · 25/09/2012 12:29

By chance I heard Simon & Garfunkel's cover of Scarborough Fair the other day and had a Proustian moment. I'm guessing I was 6 or 7 when I first heard this song, and I hated it because of all the 'tell her to make me' stuff. Gah! What if she didn't know how to make a cambric shirt? Make it yourself.

What early signs do you remember?

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UnChartered · 25/09/2012 14:59

when my mum refused to let me wear trousers, because i was a girl

when i made to sit and listen to grown ups talking and not play outside with my cousins, because i was a girl

when i had to 'perform' my ballet class in front of relatives, because i was a girl

probably about 6yrs old

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Lio · 25/09/2012 14:54

Thanks for joining in. My dd is 6 but for as long as she's been able to name her toys and talk about them, all of the 'gender netural' ones (tiger, camel, dog etc) have been 'she'. When my dad is playing with her he does what a lot of people do, and refers to her toys as 'he', and she corrects him. Smile

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maybenow · 25/09/2012 14:14

when i was 7 my parent's came home from the hospital and i discovered that the 'brother' i had been promised was in fact a 'baby'!!!

i wanted a BROTHER - to climb trees with and play trains with and run around with... not a stupid baby.

Kashmiracle · 25/09/2012 14:11

(I mentioned this on another thread) A boy turned to me during a discussion in A-level English and said 'you're such a Feminist' (he meant it as an insult, and being only 17, I took it as one).
I replied 'no I'm not, I just think it's irrational to descriminate against someone based on their gender'.

I then learned about Feminism in depth at Uni, and it all clicked!

Empusa · 25/09/2012 14:09

I wanted He-Man wallpaper, and didn't understand why it wasn't for girls.

Luckily mum and dad agreed with me, but we got some strange reactions from staff in shops.

FrothyDragon · 25/09/2012 14:07

Erm, looking back, there was the big fall out I had with DB when he got cars for Christmas, I got a doll, and he wouldn't let me "share" his cars.

He could have KEPT the Barbie for all I cared. (Gender stereotyping came solely from extended family, not my parents, luckily)

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