to think the 'F' word is one we should be proud of......

[PosieComeHereMyPreciousParker]

Thanks to MN, especially dittany, Lenin, BoF and Anyfucker, I have been made aware of my casual attitude to misogyny. This short journey in my reclaiming my old values recently lead me to the London Feminist Network Conference on Saturday. And Oh my God it is one of the most inspirational things I've ever done.

Having money and being relatively attractive in my younger days I was mislead into thinking that being a feminist was irrelevant, after all we had a female PM and then 'girl power' where we were fooled into thinking with the right body shape and a little wit the world was our oyster (farm).

My husband's and friends' response to my recent activities have ranged from being mystified to mockery, from resentment to full on stereotypical prejudice. I am alarmed that barely any of my friends think feminism is relevant.

Am I being unreasonable to reclaim the word feminist to mean a person that wants to rid the world of gender prejudiced?

missing no point nelly you listed specifc rights to be forfeited for not being feminist enough

OK now you are being very stupid SM because it's patently clear that Nelly is not advocating women like you not having the same rights as every other woman.

It's called hyperbole.

You are so bloody dishonest. And boring.

non union members benefit from privileges obtained by unions no one advocates the non-union member lose those privileges

oh i see,shes havering then.did she ask you to represent her

As I said earlier, you're now being disingenuous, probably because you run out of answers.

Please answer me

who are the real feminists and the so called feminists?

would you also describe someone as a "so called anti racist"

where the rights of property, divorce etc that I mentioned above handed by god or the result of feminist campaigning?

Please don't equate what I said with stalinism, it's quite offensive.
I was speaking in hyperbole precisely because feminists act for the good of all women, so I have no desire to take anybody's rights away.

Like I said, it makes no sense to me that a non feminist would still like the privileges but be against the actual cause.

Hyperbole is not havering.

I know hyperbole because I'm Greek, havering on the other hand I had to find a dictionary for. It means chattering and is not a very nice thing to say about a fellow writer, cheers.

you still maintain your no privilege if not feminist enough stance?

a writer of messages on mumsnet I mean, not a literary or other kind of writer.

No she didn't ask me to represent her. I got irritated with you all by myself.

Are you going to address my answer to your homogenous group post?

advocating another woman losing privileges isnt good manners either

you're still not answering, I have answered plenty of times already.

Actually, there are some union members who say that non-members shouldn't benefit from the beneifts the unions have fought for.

But they're in a minority and not a mainstream voice.

yes no sensible union would advocate non members dont get rights

taking a short break, but hope to come back to some answers from scottishmummy.

If you use the term havering again though, I'll get over there and take away your computer :)

take pc?well you were for taking my rights.no surprise then

and being Scottish i will use any Scottish colloquialism freely

you cant censure that

thank you HerBeatitude for understanding and clarifying what I meant earlier

you need someone else to clarify your own post.why

oh this is pointless isn't it, you lack sense and humour

and you too,lack a wee ability to be teased.you wrote a dumbass post,naturally i am pointing that out to my advantage.

never said i disapprove.refrain from bad paraphrasing

Yes I know it's a mistake to be drawn in.

Dittany, exactly so

and dearie me dem words on this screen are funny