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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Would a real feminist care?

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fluffyduckie · 27/12/2013 18:33

I work with a few women at work and one is quite a bit older than me and has recently become a feminist. She has never really liked me (not sure why!) but has now decided that I represent everything that a feminist should hate. I don't know if it is just that she has some major issue with me and saying she is a feminist means that she feels free to express this.

Basically her issues with me are that I am a "walking 1950s stereotype" pretty much because I am kind of old fashioned, like girly things, am quite domestic and crafty (interests rather than actual skill) and I like to read old books and magazines. I know that I am old fashioned in some ways but I look reasonable normal (she objects to hair accessories) and I don't dress or act like I am from another decade.

So I think that it is just that she has an issue with me but she has said a fair few times that any feminist would have an issue with my interests. I like domestic stuff but I don't go around proclaiming that everyone should think exactly as I do. There have been issues before between us with sarcastic comments and digs but she has never really been open about it until now.

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nosleeptillbedtime · 31/12/2013 16:50

I think she has a go at you because she is an unpleasant idiot not because she is a feminist. I like cooking, would love to be a stay ant home mum and have ambitions to learn to sew . I think her definition of a feminist is very narrow and old fashioned.

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