I was just wondering what you meant.
But the typical (or vocal) mumsnetter's interpretation of it is [a joke]
I've been on MN for coming on to 5 years now and I've noticed, compared to real life:
The most vocal feminists and the ones who say things like "with my feminist head on" or take offence at any perceived slight are the ones who display rank hypocrisy, overt sexism and seem to be man-hating feminazis*. They are the kind of people who think 'mankind' is sexist yet 'mansplaining' isn't. They can often be divided into two groups 1) "LTB" posting single parents who extol the virtues of ditching men 2) those who sing the praises of their DH but act as though outside of their small world, all men are misogynistic chest-thumping cave-dwellers who only manage to not rape women due to lack of opportunity.
I understand the analogy (or metaphor? Was always shite at Eng. Lit) of taking down a wall one brick at a time but focusing on an older book using the term 'man' instead of 'people' are the ones who lose sight of the bigger picture ie. equality. Someone actually suggested up-thread that the book should be removed from the schools library!
I've also noticed (I'm good at remembering text) that the most militant (or vocal) feminists are also the ones who love to jump on a good Tory-hating, teacher-deriding, safeguarding-issue-announcing, thread and don't see how their lack of tolerance and belief in equality no doubt comes across in real life and does their feminist credentials no credit whatsoever. If you claim to be for equality but only as long as someone agrees with you, you aren't going to get far in your quest to educate.
Of course there should be equality for all and there are few people (yes, I include binary, straight, white, tall, not fat but not skinny, non-ginger, state-educated, non-Tory men) who would disagree but pick your battles ladies!
As a feminist who believes and demands equality, I say, man the fuck up. Bitching, sniping, sweating the small stuff and hypocrisy do you no favours.Take the moral high-ground and show your children that women can achieve whatever they want despite the "patriarchal construct of society". Instead of changing my sons' bedtime story to be about Thomasina, Edwina, Henrietta, Dieselena the trains, I have a BSc, BA, MSc. I have a great job which I'm very good at and I've never let my lack of a penis get in the way of what I want.
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Empty pots though...
It means that those with the least intelligent things to say often speak the most.
My CFO is Russian and she told me that their equivalent idiom is "the cow that moos the loudest makes the least milk"
Didn't realise I'd written so much. It's been a long taxi ride.
- taken from the meaning "women who are perceived as seeking superiority over men"