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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Join me, if you will, in envisaging the feminist pub

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LRDMaguliYaPomochTebeSRaboti · 17/09/2013 14:35

Inspired by the obvious thread, I feel we need a fictional pub that's as the same sort of mecca for feminists. The antidote to the classic sexist bloke pub, where the floor is sticky and you can't get to the bar without pushing past three Important Regulars peering at your boobs and making blonde jokes, while the barman asks 'are you sure' when you order real ale and the beer for ladies comes in comedy funny-shaped pint glasses for our wee delicate hands.

In the feminist pub, I want to outlaw stupid jokes, obviously. But I also think the bar needs to be at a height that doesn't put my boobs on pint-level for every bloke there. And I would like it if there were etiquette that, when you've got your pint, you don't sit chatting to the barman and taking up space, you move away (I have never seen a woman sit on the edge of a bar, alone).

And I fancy copies of classics like 'Letters from a fainthearted feminist' standing about dog-earned on the bookcases, in place of old back issues of Spectator or random leather-bound books by dead white men.

Shall I apply for a pub lease then? And what else do we want in the feminist pub?

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Hullygully · 18/09/2013 15:19

Send one to Buffy

SinisterSal · 18/09/2013 15:23

She is welcome to the lot of them. I've no place to put my fancy china because my presses are full of DH's speciality beer glasses.

Not irony, the truth. the only irony is that i posted it on a feminist thread.

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 18/09/2013 15:25

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VisualiseAHorse · 18/09/2013 15:28

Being 5 foot, I would like a bar that doesn't make me feel about 11 when I stand at it.

And chairs I can actually reach to sit on.

(Realise that this is not a woman's issue, but a short persons one)

garlicbaguette · 18/09/2013 15:28

Most pubs are feminist when I'm in there. I must be more terrifying than I thought!

Also, I'm taller than Ms Average so your low bar will irritate me in the minor, but ever-present, manner of kitchen worktops. Oh, well. I'm definitely up for the comfy smoking area, though ... come to think of it, all the pubs I frequent have one already; maybe they're undercover feminist pubs?!

Consider me a regular, but without input Grin

stubbornstains · 18/09/2013 15:29

I like the odd token male chauvinist pig propping the bar up, to be honest. Even better if they're unwise enough to say something inappropriate. Nothing gives me the thirst for a pint like the smell of fresh blood.

Doombar, since you ask Grin

garlicbaguette · 18/09/2013 15:30

I would definitely be working behind the bar, though, if not for disability.
Can I be a sort of sitting-down host? Please!

garlicbaguette · 18/09/2013 15:32

Ha, Stubborn, you and me both, it seems. Maybe we could tour the pubs of England together, spreading enlightenment and confusion in equal measures (large ones.)

SinisterSal · 18/09/2013 15:32

...that reminds me, must do a cowboy declutter...

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 18/09/2013 15:36

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Wallison · 18/09/2013 15:47

This all sounds wonderful.

I would like a jukebox though - love music while I'm drinking/talking shite. Maybe a bit of Loleatta Holloway or some Lyn Collins?

Oh and Badger Golden Glory for me please. Plus some decent cognac for cold winter evenings.

Wallison · 18/09/2013 15:48

Also, could the cowboys be naked save for boots and an apron?

garlicbaguette · 18/09/2013 15:50

Sorry, no sexual objectification.

kim147 · 18/09/2013 15:51

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Wallison · 18/09/2013 15:51

Ok, I wondered if it was a bit not in keeping.

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 18/09/2013 15:55

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EldritchCleavage · 18/09/2013 15:57

No naked cowboys, for God's sake!

Hullygully · 18/09/2013 15:58

No! The cowboys wear jeans, boots, shirts and Stetsons.

Wallison · 18/09/2013 15:59

Ok ok, I was just musing! No to naked cowboys.

tethersend · 18/09/2013 16:00

Oh, it's inn keeping alright, Wallison.

Can we have comedians?

SinisterSal · 18/09/2013 16:02

yes!

Hullygully · 18/09/2013 16:03

oh v gd tethers

kim147 · 18/09/2013 16:10

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Wallison · 18/09/2013 16:19

I don't think I know any feminist jokes. Loads of anti-men ones, but no feminist ones. Therefore I think a feminist comedian would be good because I could actually learn something.

Loopytiles · 18/09/2013 18:26

There could be peaceful rooms for hire for women to take a short break from the world and watch TV, rest, relax or cry Sad.

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