Another vent about my father's wife... sorry

[Sunnywithshowers]

My father posted on Facebook today that he was horrified that men were in Oxford's cheerleading team. Wife posts in agreement because 'men should be men and women should be women'.

I tell dad that it's because cheerleading is a gymnastic sport and men tend to chuck women around (technical term :)). Cue dad saying thanks, he didn't know that.

This was her response: No

Ha bran! Excellent plan!

The country is going to the dogs because there are men cheerleading? Wow. Never mind the economy, who cares about the AAA rating... it's all about the cheerleaders.

I may try your tip next time bran. :)

A while ago she commented that she couldn't post on a lot of peoples' pages - I wonder why...

Dad and I have a strained relationship (even more so since I've found out he's been born again as a sexist, creationist, homophobe) and I try and be polite to her. But she's a nasty fuckwit with no sense of humour.

"No

Has she been the bad influence on your dad?

She can't possibly be so weird as to think that men doing traditionally female things (not that I approve of cheerleading, I would tell my dd to go out and do her OWN sport, a real sport) but nobody feels that men cheerleading is the breakdown of society, she was in primitive terms urinating around the lampost.

I really like the "i love your sense of humour!" suggestion. Love that. Will use that soon I hope!

moomin This is my dad's third marriage and he changes personality traits with each one. He was a dope-smoking, left wing hippy and folk singer when married to my mum. Then went on to be a slightly right wing liberal new ager when married to my stepmum.

Now he's a born again Christian who thinks gays are an abomination, the world was created in 7 days, men and women have specific gender roles and atheists are all communists. He's always been big on gender roles (EA to my mother: stopped her wearing make up while bringing up me and DSis)

I don't blame her for being a bad influence. He's almost always been a selfish man and I think now he's merely letting his prejudices out freely, rather than hiding them and being 'Mr Nice Guy'. (As for being a loving Christian he regularly will go 2/3 years without phoning me - FB means that he remembers I'm alive occasionally.

Thing :)

Pudding yes she can be that weird.

You could always inform her that you thought she would be pleased that men are doing a traditional sport.

Cheerleading used to be a male preserve

Would be interesting to see how she argues herself out of this one.

Crackfox that is awesome - thank you. It's going straight on FB!

Wow, CrackFox, I learn something new on MN, every day!

I got this response to that link:

Bothered!

wow sunny! did your father marry somebody younger than you! I'm trying to imagine saying "bothered" to somebody older than I am!

She's about 14 years older than me, and a grandmother.

It's a hugely mature response :)

Suggest she watches 'Bring It On' - male cheerleaders aplenty there. Plus Faith from Buffy is in it.
Probably not the place to say it, but I love that film!

Glad someone could link to an article.

But why should she bother to read something factual when she can just be a bigot?

But you see her point - the economy is doomed because men are STEALING WOMEN'S JOBS.

\link{http://www.omg-facts.com/Sports/George-W-Bush-Was-A-Cheerleader/32770\George W Bush was a cheerleader at college}

I think she needs to know that

(apols if this was already linked)

(What does "bothered" mean? In this context?)

"do I look bothered?"

(Catherine Tate)

She sounds as thick as pig mince

Is she a sexist creationist homophobe too?

I would post "it's spelt bovvered" but then I am very childish. Moreover I wouldn't waste time and effort thinking up an intelligent responsibility for somebody who thinks the Earth is flat

I think it means she is discounting Sunnywithshowers' response because it doesn't fit with her crackpot narrow world view.

I'd be tempted to follow up with a naffola response like 'Wicked' - doesn't make any sense, isn't properly down with the kidz but it stops her from getting the last word. Innit. (I don't say 'innit' like that except sarcastically).