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Does feminism mean we have to get rid of sexist benefits?

29 replies

AnswersThroughHaiku · 13/02/2014 11:57

Here some women are
Reluctant to let go of
The privileges

That come along with
Benevolent sexism.
Will this ever change?

Is it sexist to
Expect unequal treatment
In this day and age?

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ReadyToPopAndFresh · 20/02/2014 19:33

yeah you spotted a nobber and you didn't have to pay for the privilege to do so

DebbieOfMaddox · 20/02/2014 19:19

You can so win, Kase.
You get to spot a nobber
On the first date -- yay!

KaseyM · 20/02/2014 18:48

I was on a first date
And I offered to pay
He turned up his nose
and said "oh you're one of those"
Seems I can't win either way!

noddingoff · 13/02/2014 21:24

I earn more than my bloke
I pay more bills 'cos I'm not a stoke
If I'm on mat leave some day
He'll have a bigger chunk to pay
He won't mind - he's a grafter
And we'll live happily ever after.

(Oh, by the way - lest you wonder
And my future plans are making you chunder
When I go skipping back to work
He'll mind the kids- he's not a jerk).

KerryKatonasKhakis · 13/02/2014 20:12

An ex I did have
He did out earn me times ten
He made us go dutch

This made me quite sad
For I had not much to spare
And he's a tight arse

Though cocks can be nice
One is not needed to pay
Just a good income

The pay gap is real
Increase earnings for women
We would gladly pay

UptoapointLordCopper · 13/02/2014 19:09

Quite, vegetarians. Grin

VegetariansTasteLikeChicken · 13/02/2014 17:13

Do English people know Conan Obrien?

www.upworthy.com/a-late-night-comedian-makes-an-amusing-point-about-the-fairness-of-men-paying-for-date-night-3?c=ufb1

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 13/02/2014 17:05

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SanityClause · 13/02/2014 15:36

Wow, that was a long time ago, Ronald.

And TBH, Married Couples Allowance was only worth about £284 pa, anyway.

VegetariansTasteLikeChicken · 13/02/2014 15:13

Grin sabrina

SabrinaMulhollandJjones · 13/02/2014 14:30

Aeons ago when
when dh and I met
t'was not an issue

either way because
he is not a twat and nor
am I

UptoapointLordCopper · 13/02/2014 14:19

Medals for Moomin. Grin

VegetariansTasteLikeChicken · 13/02/2014 13:28

Fabulous moomins Grin

I really must try harder Grin

Op, I just checked out that thread..other than one dim bulb saying the op had gender privilege I'm a bit confused as to what sex had to do with it? The OP had paid more in previous relationships because she was the higher earner. Her boyfriend in this case had more money and then say "I'm taking you to dinner" and expect her to pay half! That's eating in to her lifestyle and money.

If he wanted to go to flash places, he should pay and then she should pay in places where she had taken him (and she could afford) nothing to do with genitalia.

RonaldMcDonald · 13/02/2014 13:23

I was incredibly pissed off to be taxed as a single person but treated as a dependant married person when I needed benefits due to long term illness.
My H wasn't the main earner, far from it, to suggest he could suddenly keep us all on his salary was laughable.

SconeRhymesWithGone · 13/02/2014 13:16

Grin at Vegetarians

MoominIsGoingToBeAMumEEEEK · 13/02/2014 13:13

Vegetarians

I'm afraid you are quite out of luck
If you think you are able to duck
The responsibility (and curse)
To reply solely in verse
But really - what the actual fuck?

Any good for ya?

AwfulMaureen · 13/02/2014 13:10

A modern woman
Looks not at the cost of things
But at their beauty.

{I'm above caring}

VegetariansTasteLikeChicken · 13/02/2014 13:05

I'd have done a limerick but I can't find anything to rhyme with "what the actual fuck?"

AskBasil · 13/02/2014 13:04

I think you've misunderstood the thread tbh

DebbieOfMaddox · 13/02/2014 12:36

Nothing in the rules
To say no threads about threads
Although some claim that.

Original poster
AnswersThroughHaiku · 13/02/2014 12:32

"Thread about a thread" -
Is inspired by a thread
Allowed? I'm not sure.

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tribpot · 13/02/2014 12:27

I'm going freestyle as well.

This is a thread about a thread. Is that allowed?

In the case of wildly differing incomes, it is just good manners not to share the bill exactly. It has nothing to do with gender.

On a date it's rather unromantic to be splitting the bill, so I'd be tempted to say whoever asked should pay, with the other party saying (and meaning) "next time I'll get the bill". This also allows the inviting party to choose something that fits their budget.

From time to time
The clouds give rest
To the moon-beholders.

  • Bash?
NigellasDealer · 13/02/2014 12:20

i am impressed - 17 syllables and all!

DebbieOfMaddox · 13/02/2014 12:20

Of course it's chuffing
Sexist. But also not that
Common these days, hmm?

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