Total failure of feminist parenting

[Devora]

Shopping today with dd2, who is 6. Couldn't find a long-sleeved T-shirt. Looking round for a sales assistant.

dd tugs my arm: "Mum, ask a man. They always know how to sort things out".

Me: "Women know how to sort things out too! I'll ask whoever I see first".

dd: "No, it must be a man! Men are much, much better at sorting things than women!"

Me: "That's not true, dd! Women are just as good at sorting things out as men".

dd: "They're just not and you know they're not. Men are much cleverer. Now find a MAN."

To appreciate the full insult, you have to know that dd has two mums... Her older sister is a little suffragette, but this one.... My work is not yet done

MrNoseyBonk - I think one of my DC is masquerading as one of yours

DTS2 very recently asked me if we were in South America when we went to visit my mum at Christmas. She lives in Milton Keynes

Next time she does this, tell her that from what she says it logically follows that she, a girl, is stupid and therefore cannot know whether it is better to ask a woman or a man.

That should confuse her enough to get her thinking.