The Feminist Pub - come in and chat.

[LRDtheFeministDragon]

This is something like the fourth pub chat thread - please pull up a chair at the bar. Everyone welcome.

Old thread is here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/1920422-The-Feminist-Pub-continued?

But it's pretty much full so welcome in.

The book is very different, pacific. Whole different feeling about it, and more, erm political maybe, than the film - which centres on the love story.

Enjoy. Though I must say I like the Sorkin years better.

Night all.

I love both the English Patient and WW.

Maybe I am repressed (it's unlikely).

It does however annoy me, the more I watch WW, that although it makes it clear Donna kicks arse, and that she stands up to Josh quite a bit, she does still end up with a man who is capable of flying round the world to see her when she's hurt and then, apparently, totally forgetting he might have a thing for her when she goes back to work for him.

No one is that focussed on work or that gauche.

Erk.

I don't think I spoilered anything if your on season 6 there, but sorry, I didn't see you were watching for the first time when I posted.

Nope, I know it too well. Gaza is end of 5.

I mean, she goes back after Gaza - she doesn't stay with sexy Lucius Malfoy journalist bloke. Even though Josh promptly reverts to oblivious.

Mmm. I thought at the time they might spin it out more, make Irish into a proper character. But then I was watching as it came out and IIRC there was a rumour that Janel Malony might be leaving.

I'm afraid you're already spoilered on that one!

(Btw, I only figured out the Lucius Malfoy thing from a MN thread three days ago.)

I think the point with the bodily fluids is exactly the old mans piss analogy, menstral blood is seen as more disgusting than any other. Don't have a problem tasting it (I'm a scientist, I have friends who have drunk their own piss to prove it's sterile when fresh) but no way am I having sex when it's my period - what would the cleaners say when they changed the sheets???

Lego, if you had a nosebleed in bed, would you still worry about the cleaners changing the sheets?

Well, ignoring the cleaner issue I wouldn't want to do something that deliberately made the sheets dirty and stained because it's more work to clean. So I wouldn't be bothered about the blood stain if my period started in bed or a nose bleed but I wouldn't have sex when it's my period because I know that would make the sheets dirty. And when I was young and randy I had horrendous period pain anyway so sex was never uppermost on my mind then anyway. And now DH and I would rather sleep. Roll on DC3 understanding what STTN means!

Certainly some of DC2's pillowcases are blood-stained from a phase of nosebleeds... And one of my sheets is blood-stained from, er, giving birth to DC2. There is a theme in this - always blame DC2.

Warning: Dunces' alert.

I just, this very minute got the Lucius Malfoy thing
Never noticed before.

Nope, I am not in the least disgusted by menstruation (which is only v partially blood btw) and don't see the problem with sex during periods (old towel underneath ), but maintain my right to not taste it, thanks .

And yy social conditioning re horriblenss of wee depending on source is interesting, isn't it?

IIRC orgasms are good for relieving period pains

How has the conversation taken this turn?

I do tend to lower the tone!

I have finished reading Lavinia and the newspaper. What should I read next between now and The Bridge?

Not Greer apparently

Sorry. I think I started the downward Greer spiral

No, not Greer, not at the moment. Gladys Mitchell.