How Mumsnet ruined a Saturday ritual for me......

[MrsSnippyPants]

A tongue in cheek title

I head out to the market pretty early on a Saturday, get the weekend groceries and the Saturday Times, along with the one of the finest brownies in the south west of England (and probably the world).
Once I have got Saturday night dinner on the go I like to sit in the kitchen and read the paper with a glass of wine.
Unfortunately, before I had even finished my glass, the paper got thrown across the room, because in the first ten minutes I had come across three articles that either used ‘gender’ when they clearly meant sex, or used ‘people’ or ‘children’ when they clearly meant women or girls.
I shall email them tomorrow (it won’t be the first time) but in the meantime, why can’t I have anything nice anymore!?

“Gender based violence” is the one that really boils my piss. You mean violence against women and girls, dont you, you asshat - but for some reason the plain facts that men are the perpetrators and females the victims have become, in your tiny messed up mind, offensive,

I've been shouting at Back In Time For School, every time Sara Cox says 'Gender based lessons.'

I may also have changed an online Equal Ops monitoring form before I sent it back to my local council.

It was online so they may not even notice but I felt like a rebel. (Although, of course, I shouldn't.)

Thinking about it, maybe I should have left the gender heading and added several more options as there was only male or female to chose from.

I like your ritual though op. I might adopt it.

FUCKS SAKE BBC according to eat well for less your portion size depends on your gender no BBC it seriously fucking does not

I've been shouting at Back In Time For School, every time Sara Cox says 'Gender based lessons.'

Oh me too!