Student finance

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Dd, a feminist like me, just phoned student finance with a query and also asked them why her letter referred to sponsor 2 when she has only one sponsor. They explained that sponsor one is always the man in the relationship and that women are always sponsor two even when there is no man to sponsor the student. I know there are worse things to get annoyed about but

I had to have my husband write a letter to the student loans company to prove he was supporting me. I had to show proof of his income. Providing my account or just a joint account wasn't enough. Surely the fact I'm not working and can prove that would be enough given that repayment is dependent on your personal, not joint income, but no, apparently my word isn't worth as much as my DH's.

It was actually quite humiliating to ask him and he was shocked to have to and was wondering why they need HIS details, when he's not even British and has never lived in the U.K.. He's not exactly liable for it anyway - it's got nothing to do with him.

If one bank (at least) could get it right 50 years ago what the hell explanation is there for any organisation in 2017 to get it so badly wrong?

Your bank, apparently, was interested in keeping you as a customer.

Wheareas the people in other banks are sexist idiots.

But yes, we are going back. It is always dangerous to assume things cannot go backwards. They absolutely can, and we have to fight it.

As long as this shit continues to happen, it is really safest for women to do everything on their own. Being second to a nonexistent male can, I should hope, not have any real life consequences.