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So, not everyone's a feminist

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Vivacia · 18/08/2014 10:37

Plasterer arrived today for the first of four days. I am working from home but everyone else is out.

So far we've had,

"You're not one of these modern women are you?" - don't know, not sure what that means.

"Are you a feminist?" - "Of course I am, aren't you?".

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weeonion · 18/08/2014 12:22

Urrrrgh at his last comment.

Poor you.

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Vivacia · 18/08/2014 12:19

Latest snippet, "I only use computers for one thing, looking at porn. That's all they're good for".

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Vivacia · 18/08/2014 10:58

The rest of the conversation then went like this,

Him, "Are you a feminist?"
Me, "Of course I am, aren't you?"
Him, "No"
Me, "Don't you believe that me and you should have the same opportunities in life"
Him, with conviction, "Yes".
Me, "Well, that's all feminism is at the end of the day. Men and women should have the same opportunities".

(Did I do ok sisters?).

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Purpleflamingos · 18/08/2014 10:43

I love pointing out that everyone is a feminist. Even to teenage women that say they are not. My favourite lines are;

Do you feel you are entitled to hold an opinion and have it heard? - feminism was responsible for that.
Do you chose your own clothes and feel you should be able to walk down the street safely no matter how short your dress? - feminism was responsible for that.
Would you like to be married at 12 to a man chosen for you and possibly die in childbirth with the desicion as to whether you had access to drugs or medical care was your husbands and not yours? - feminism changes those conditions.

They walk away with something to think about.

elephanteraser · 18/08/2014 10:39

lol at modern women, was he in his 80s?

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