to not do the whole "sisters" stuff

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you know when women refer to other woman as sisters(not the biological family ones)
as in sisters should stick together.

never got it or done it.

No I think it's a bit clingy and sad.

There's a name for women you feel close to- Friends!

YANBU I have 2 sisters who I love loads. But 2 is more than enough. My female friends are, well, friends. The whole sisters who are not actaully sisters thing makes me cringe.

Funny enough my friend introduced me to a lady she was with in town as her sister. Thought it was strange as I knew she was an only child, then she hastily explained she's really her friend, but calls her her sister as she's so close to her! Her friend just smiled but I thought it was rather odd!

YANBU. I hate it too.

It's often used on here. Every time I see it I have to resist the urge to bludgeon the screen with the nearest heavy object.

The term 'sisterhood' is even more annoying.

Why should, or why would I automatically like,support and feel a bond with approximately 50% of the population because we happen to have matching genitalia?

I don't either.

totally cringy. I have a sister, who I love dearly. The relationship I have even with my closest girlfriends is nothing like the bond I have with my actual sister and I wouldn't demean that relationship by banding the term around loosely. Same goes for calling the inlaws mum and dad - they are not my mum and dad and never will be so I don't call them that and don't understand people that do.

LetThereBeRock -lol

Ooh I've got one of those vajayjays too! SNAP!!!!!

You are now my sister...lets go and make people vomit at our closeness

Well, calling someone my sister wouldn't be a compliment in my case as my real sister is a crazy bitch!

I hate it, cringeworthy and makes me shudder when I see it, I have a sister a real one, she is amazing, not as amazing as me obviously but almost and I love her dearly

Yabu.

Women need to stick together sometimes. no matter what our personal circumstances are ie; rich/poor. gay/straight. married/single. We achieve a lot more when we pull together.

Why do we need to stick together DP?

ie; domestic violence issues, which can affect women from all the groups I've just described.

daftpunk I think that is sexist!

People achieve more as a group. Not necessarily just women.

We should ALLLLL stick together in one big hippy commune and 'pull together'.

One, two, three....

KUMBAAAAYAAAAAAA M'LUD....

No, sometimes men just aren't interested.

I know you are being light hearted, but the fact is that usually we women are so bloody competitive, screaming at the OW or the MIL, or SIL. I've worked with female bosses.... generally NOT a system that worked out at all well for me, having been bullied and ganged up against.

I fully understand that most men are much more simple creatures, and less prone to the whims of hormones, chocolate deficiency or the latest handbag being reduced by 50%, but they are more natural at team bonding than we females are.

ANYTHING that encourages us to look out for one another can't be a bad thing. There are many on here that benefit daily from the actions of the MN community and if we were able to replicate this in RL, perhaps life might get a little bit more equal, a little bit less judgemental and a little bit more kind.

Take sisterhood for what it's worth, and if it improves anyone's life, then it's well worth keeping.

I think that's a bit of a sweeping generalisation

Kumbaya? Oh so now you want to marginalise atheists and agnostics Deathjeff? We don't matter now? Inclusion doesn't mean anything to you?

Referring to the 'sisterhood' just reinforces the fact that women are one group, men are another IMHO.

Don't like the idea of supporting only women, or automatically siding with a woman because 'sisters' should stick together.

Anyone who thinks sisterhood is a waste of time, ought to spend some time on the Relationships board and see how some of us Women need more help than others, if we help in the name of womankind, of sisterhood, what's this issue?

Yes, possibly. But we need to stick together. The child benefit issue for example is an attack on women. we should be going crazy over this!

Sorry, that was to DJ

You should help someone because they need help, not because they are female!

LetThereBeRock... of course atheists and agnostics don't matter... seeing as we're all going to hell anyway

With regards to the relationships board, I think men can provide as good insights about domestic violence etc as well as women. Women can be shitbags as well as men.

I don't consider myself to be less of a feminist,because I don't feel any immediate connection or bond to the percentage of the population who also happen to have a vulva.

I don't need to believe in the 'sisterhood' to think that women,and other repressed groups, should have equal treatment and rights.

It doesn't matter to me if it's people with disabilities,women,gay people,the poor etc who are being treated badly. No one group is more important to me than any other.

And Daftpunk...
I am not being argumentative as I entered this topic with tongue firmly in cheek but it's my understanding that fathers can claim child benefits too seeing as my DP claims ours.(He is chronically skint and uses it for transport)

So the child benefit issue is not an attack on women, it's an attack on families. (And I do agree it's bloody outrageous!)