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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Cancel culture? Young people aren’t intolerant, we’re progressive

115 replies

Igneococcus · 03/11/2022 06:36

Supposedly us older folk know nothing about feminism or violence against women:
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/474fff50-5ad4-11ed-962f-53da0c787308?shareToken=546e4920254c77298c5e84d19894a71a

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WandaWomblesaurus · 03/11/2022 23:06

See it's all fun and games when the men around you play along as you say what they want you to say to keep them in control.

Like cats playing with mice as my granny used to say.

wesayno · 03/11/2022 23:08

Total bait, wheeling out a real-life Titania McGrath to lecture the oldies on how to be as enlightened as her.

The Times knows what they're doing.

DdraigGoch · 03/11/2022 23:12

zen1 · 03/11/2022 07:40

She’s ‘in awe’ whenever she hears her fifteen year old sister pontificate to her father on an issue? Yes, because we all know fifteen year olds are bastions of wisdom and rationality with all that life experience to draw on.

When I was 15 I was astounded at how ignorant my parents were. By the time I was 25 I was amazed at how much they'd learned.

What goes around, comes around. It won't be too many years and she may well be the mother of a 15 year old who hectors her about the error of thy ways.

Tallisker · 04/11/2022 08:34

TheBiologyStupid "I have peas in the freezer older than you" is even better 😆

ArabellaScott · 04/11/2022 09:27

wesayno · 03/11/2022 23:08

Total bait, wheeling out a real-life Titania McGrath to lecture the oldies on how to be as enlightened as her.

The Times knows what they're doing.

Yes, agree.

morningtoncrescent62 · 04/11/2022 16:05

This article makes me sad.

I was a 15-year-old who lectured my parents about what was right and was convinced they knew nothing. I was slow to grow out of that kind of absolutist thinking and the conviction that I had all the answers, and for most of my 20s I alienated my parents. It was a dreadful, stupid mistake for all of us. It meant I hurt them, and I struggled more than I needed to as a young single parent when they would have helped me, and by the time I started to come round in my 30s it was too late to properly rebuild the relationships with them. They're dead now, and it's too late. The writer of that article, and the other adults who applaud teenagers' intolerance and dogmatic thinking, aren't doing them or those around them any favours at all.

BatCheeseIsFine · 04/11/2022 16:40

Oh morningtoncrescent I'm sorry. (((hug)))

TheirEminence · 04/11/2022 18:03

Hahaha, that was funny, thanks for sharing!

TheirEminence · 04/11/2022 18:04

Sorry, this was not directed at morningtoncrescent but at the thread! Apologies.

TheClogLady · 04/11/2022 20:39

‘We’re not censorious… we just want you people to shut up’

morningtoncrescent62 · 04/11/2022 20:52

TheirEminence · 04/11/2022 18:04

Sorry, this was not directed at morningtoncrescent but at the thread! Apologies.

Thank you! I realised it wasn't directed at my post, but it's nice of you to clarify.

UniversalAunt · 05/11/2022 08:32

Wise words @morningtoncrescent62

Sad that you feel such loss for what you & your family missed.
A helpful prompt to us all to resolve our family grievances & misunderstandings as best we can, time moves so fast & seems to speed up as we get older.

zanahoria · 05/11/2022 13:48

This young woman just does not tolerate anyone who has a different vision of progress.

BigFatLiar · 05/11/2022 15:35

zanahoria · 05/11/2022 13:48

This young woman just does not tolerate anyone who has a different vision of progress.

She should be on mumsnet, she'd fit right in on many of hhd boards

TheirEminence · 05/11/2022 18:41

There is another thread right now about a mum's arguments with her two late 30s/early 40s TRA daughters. They come across as total twats, and it's very tempting to advise treating them accordingly. I agree with UniversalAunt that it's important to resolve family grievances but it can be so very hard ...

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