Feminism: chat
A tiny little victory!
Funnylittlefloozie · 12/12/2021 09:33
There have been many threads here where women have noted that their male partners are always listed first, on bank accounts, legal documents and even social things,and this happens even when the woman is putting up the bulk of the money or leads on the admin or whatever.
I am buying a house with my DP, who is undeniably male, and the contract documents arrived from our solicitors yesterday. They were addressed to FunnyLittleFloozie and DP , in that order and without titles! I have never seen this before, and certainly not from a law firm! Perhaps the tide is really turning now.
RodneyIsDave · 12/12/2021 12:48
Why does it matter if your both making the application? Someone’s name will have to be first. How does your partner feel with his name being second?
on the electoral register the letter that comes through the post is addressed firstly to my adult son and then mine and that pisses me off because he’s my child. To sons name and my full name
NumberTheory · 13/12/2021 18:55
@RodneyIsDave
on the electoral register the letter that comes through the post is addressed firstly to my adult son and then mine and that pisses me off because he’s my child. To sons name and my full name
The custom of putting men first when addressing a couple has lead to the unequal treatment of women as a class in lots of ways. It leads to discrimination against women as a class when a joint deed/application/account/etc. gets used as the basis for a benefit or entry on some other system that is only applied to one of the coule.
This being one of the feminist boards, it is not surprising that someone posts here about the possibility that this tendency to favour men may be changing.
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