to not do the whole "sisters" stuff

[2bloodyshoes]

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.

mcp ??

care to comment ?

we are all sisters here, ya know ...

Sisters and Sister-hood are different..also sisters should stick together has its own connotations..

If a friend of mine called me a sister and we were close as sisters I would not be offended...in fact I would be pleasantly surprised and flattered esspecially if I felt the same way...but I do actually like my sisters..yes they irritate the hell out of me but they also support and love me..

Sister-hood imo is about supporting another woman is a situation that a woman can relate to and perhaps in some cases a man cannot..sister-hood can include men also dependant upon the situation..

'Sisters should stick together'...personally I don't feel that you should stick with someone because they happen to be female but more if you agree with their sentiments and understand or relate to their chosen views/situations...at times though I do base my decisions on relating to another woman/person I don't know, I try to treat other people the way i would want to be treated hence the reason I would not be involved with a person who has a partner..its basic

Scary

ah, much better than that 'orrid old

Many of us who have shared the experience of breast cancer regard ourselves as a sisterhood because we have shared experiences others only dread and can help and support each other,sometimes bitch a bit,share the ups and downs in a way that is very special.

I had a (now ex) friend who often spoke about the sisterhood. The most irritating part of it was that she was so bitchy about other women. What they ate, wore, how emotionally weak they were, and she only used the 'sisterhood' when the girls she'd bitched about were sticking up for themselves. I'm pleased not to be part of her sisterhood!

see I get the sisterhood of a shared experience like breast cancer,
because a man wouldn't understand it in the same way

there are lots of scenarios that men wouldn't understand "in the same way" as a woman would, tbh

yes but most they can expedience in some way, even things like DV which was mentioned earlier, men can be victim to that as well.

but the idea that we have to be " sisters" or part of "sisterhood" when we have no common ground, seems well odd

childbirth ? breastfeeding ? other hormonal upheavals such as PMT, PND, menopause ?

women have much common ground

the problem I see is that there isn't enough sisterhood, for want of a better word

because even just going off the threads on here, the people who give women some of the hardest times about such stuff are other women

apart from PND all those things are a normal part of life.

scary be fair though, there are very few men on here, so it isn't a true picture

sgm...you can be in my sisterhood

there is only me in it, so far

2b...I wasn't just talking about on here, tbh, just using here as an example

can you arrange flowers ?

hehehe...

bring a cake, that should sort the initiation

yes, bring dd, we need to swell the membership

I make a mean-arse brownie