Feminist Pub XX - may the summer rains wash the patriarchy down the plughole

A thug a cunt back. Sorry!

I'm a bit in love with Ms Lynch now! Calling a thing a count back. Awesome

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/judge-tells-man-youre-bit-8600651

Anyone seen the video of the young woman who transitioned at 17 and detransitioned at 22. Very interesting. There's a thread in chat about it with the link and Magdalen Berns has posted the link on FB too.

It's in the interest of balance, Felascloak

Just read a BBC article about sexual harassment at work
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37025554

Really interesting except for the last paragraph of anecdata about how men get harassed too.
Why do that?! So annoying

It's not particularly rude, and makes you sound dahn wiv da yoof

(Actually I don't know what "In your face" means, but DC seem to use it to express some sort of triumph. Is it rude? Should I stop them? I am clueless with this youth-speak.)

The thing about the Olympics is that P&G seems to have piped up again with their "Proud Sponsor of Mums" bollocks. I bloody hate the bastards.

(And no fan of Olympics but each to their own. :) )

Robot Wars: Judge Lucy Rogers referred to animatron dinosaur as "she". Dara O'Brien: "You know it's a she then?" Judge: "Half of dinosaurs were female". In your face, Dara. As the kids would say.

Go for it Jessica!

Routinely refer to him as "my tomboy"?

This suggestion is sense-of-humour-dependent - yours and his. Please do ignore it as you prefer.

Another Olympics fan here waves. The Olympics just makes me really happy, I am never quite able to put my finger on why. There is an MN thread for Olympics naysayers. Is there one for Olympics fans?

Thanks paddy, I just need to get over myself really. He is cute and I'd not think twice about just being happy if the sexes were reversed.

On another note, I've really made an effort to refer to "women's 7s" and "men's 7s" rather than "women's 7s" and "rugby 7s". I love the olympics and I'm having my own mini revolution about women's sport while it's on. I won't have my nieces feeling othered in sport.

Go for it! My dh and I met when I was 31 and he was 25. No one bats an eyelid. You might get the odd jokey comment but just ignore.

I need help. I'm dating someone younger than me (he's 25, I'm 31) and it is freaking me out! I know it's because other people will judge in a way they wouldn't if i was the younger one, and I refuse to give in to the stupid sexism. Anyone got any top tips for ignoring the patriarchy?

Weird, isn't it, paddy? Surely quietly ignoring women would be a better way to GTOW.

Happy 1 year birthday to this thread!

Goodness me. I watched a video about MGTOWs. I'd watched that video so my Youtube brought up a load of MGTOW vids for me to watch.

Curiosity got the better of me and what can I say? These men are obsessed with women. They are obsessed with the way we look, the way we act, taking away our rights and generally going out of the way to hurt and mistreat women. I knew these people existed but I didn't realise there were so many of them and the venom they have towards women.

I also made the mistake of reading an article by Roosh V. His article about the sort of woman he wants to have his children is hilarious! I love the fact that he wants the mother of his children to be a virgin or have had less than 3 sexual partners. He actually acknowledges this is so the woman believes him to be the greatest lover in the world. (I'm paraphrasing but you get the gist.)

I cannot believe that these men believe women are the root of all their problems.

This is an interesting if scary read The Husband Who Uses Prostitutes

And yes, fuck the fucking patriarchy and all it stands for, including fucking pole dancing.

Lovely to see some new faces here, stick around, most of the natives are friendly, and the ones that aren't can be ignored or laughed at by turns.

Just been reading the thread about men in Iran wearing hijabs. Clicked the link on the article and read the article. Below it were 6 facts about women's rights around the world.

My particular "favourite" was that it is legal for a man in the Bahamas to rape his wife if she is over 14! I was . Why is it legal to have a wife who's under 14 or even under 18 in the first place? As for the rape law, I don't know what to say.

It gives me new courage to fight!

Hurrah for Friday!

Down with the patriarchy, down with bloody gender, and down with male violence.

(Also down with female violence of course, but there's a heck of a lot less of that about.)

articles on why pole dancing should be an olympic sport

I have seen several circus and physical theatre groups where poles, fixed and moveable have been used as part of aerial gymnastics. These involve significant heights of poles with performers (male and female) being prevented from falling only by sheer strength and/or swathes of ribbons. It can be spectacular and very beautiful but the whole tone, intention and concept is a million miles from pole dancing.

It's Friday! The pub is OPEN!

I shall shortly be having a glass of wine, and perhaps a frothing screaming rant that goes like this:

fuckthefuckingpatriarchyfuckitallfuckitall
fuckthefuckingpatriarchyfuckitallfuckitall
fuckthefuckingpatriarchyfuckitallfuckitall
fuckthefuckingpatriarchyfuckitallfuckitall

Rinse and repeat

Who's with me?

indeed, Buffy.

As to Ghostbusters and quirky intelligence, tbh, I disagree. I thought their characteristics actually made them seem more relatable. But I may be projecting here as a rather bonkers nerd myself (I actually liked Erin's outfits except for the bowtie which I would have felt was strangling me).

Need a quick rant - I know the "life and style" pages of the Guardian are notoriously misogynistic, but they've really taken the biscuit today - articles on why pole dancing should be an olympic sport and "spanking, caning and consent play: how feminist porn frees women from shame". Argh!!!!