Have you ever gone too far in the name of feminism?

[Marmighty]

After a few months of reacting to the likes of 'pink is for girls' and 'boys can run faster than girls' from DD4 with a hearty 'oh that's not true at all!' and 'daddy loves pink!' or 'grandma can run faster than grandpa!' or somesuch, I really ramped things up this evening.

DD chose a fraught toothbrushing time, when I was also trying to stop her toddler sister throwing socks in the toilet, to utter 'i wish I had a penis' for the first time. Obviously I immediately went into radfem code red. When she explained it was because she would then be able to wee standing up, and girls can't do that, a perfect storm of misguided feminist intention on my part fueled by exhaustion and having fired myself up by half an hour browsing FWR earlier in the day somehow led to me whipping my kecks down and standing over the toilet just to prove that women can do anything men can do, including wee standing up. The kids were agog. I realised within 50 microseconds that this was a bad idea. Fortunately it turns out my aim is almost OK. It was a subdued bedtime after that.

Have you ever realised you've gone a bit too far in the name of feminism?

[lighthearted]

Not that far, no

Just wondering whether I can gaslight DD into thinking it never happened to stop her telling her friends and their parents and DH

Buy her a she-wee for her birthday.

My lovely mil was baby sitting for us one night. She really is a cracker and I love her very much. She is religious and heavily involved in the church. I got home a bit tipsy and proceeded to rant to her about self Id/the cotton ceiling etc. When we went to bed that night my husband told me that he totally agreed with me but could I perhaps avoid saying penis in vagina sex to his mum whilst he was there in future. 🙄

Lol Herland, it's important to use the correct anatomical terms and be clear what you're referring to though! We're visiting MIL this weekend, I expect that's when this sorry tale will be revealed.

This is most excellent. Not sure if kids would be traumatised or truly educated by that OP. Also love the unfortunate MIL tale.

I taught myself to wee standing up when I spent a month in the Greek Islands forty years ago. It's come in handy a number of times but I have to say that it never occurred to me to demonstrate it to my DC.

I'm very much enjoying the mental image, particularly the facial expressions of your DC, "Marmighty*.

So funny

I feel like this is something I would do if the opportunity presented itself.

Much like the live demonstration I provided when they were potty training

Talk the talk, walk the walk... wee standing up.

Jolly good show

After reading Spare Rib in my early teens I had a go at one of my DBs at the breakfast table. I told him that he was a male chauvinist pig "if that's how you pronounce it" which had my DPs in fits of giggles (though it impressed my DB, who was quite the MCP for a 12 y.o).

"If that's how you pronounce it" is a bit of a family joke, though not about feminism. It covers those situations where someone is earnestly explaining something they don't actually understand themselves.

Daily Fail infamy for Marmighty if she’s lucky...

Do the daily fail venture into the feminism board? Shudder.

Prawn that's almost inspired me to practice and make it a 'thing' for me. Like the idea of DDs on equivalent of mumsnet in the future complaining about their old mum who takes any opportunity to wee standing up on a walk in the woods

Oh god, surely that behaviour is too uncouth even for the Daily Fuckwits

It’s bad enough having sons who can’t aim. How long before your daughters decide they want to emulate Mum?

I do love you lot

It's just a question of being decisive. You need to have your feet parallel and start the stream all at once and forcefully. If you don't it trickles aimlessly down your leg. Then, at the end, do the same in reverse - ending with a flourish (mental, not actual - anything else would be weird).

This practice acts as a powerful pelvic floor exercise too.

Right so how many of us have tried to pee standing up tonight and then had to get the bleach out?

I was told by a MW that the function of the labia minora is partly to direct the flow of urine. I think that's probably only obvious if you wee standing up with your legs apart.

Fantastic story!
Pawn I think an actual flourish as well could only be a plus.