3 questions for GC women

[ChirpyFinch]

As the title says, three questions for the women in this chat.

1. Do you think the majority of people are gender critical, and why/why not?

2. Globally, the right wing is more vocally gender critical than the left. They are also far more likely to be regressive on a range of women’s issues like abortion and anti-gay. Why do you think they agree with GCs on this one issue but disagree on so much else (if you think they do?)

3. How many trans people do you estimate there are globally?

If the OP is genuinely interested in what GC means:

Conservatives: women should do the washing up.

TRAs: if you're doing the washing up then you must be a woman.

GC: restrictive, outdated gender stereotypes are bullshit and everyone should do the washing up.

Coconut and crushed pineapple are actually quite wonderful in carrot cake. You would have to taste it to know. It doesn't sound good, but fuck yeah it's delish, especially cream cheese frosting.

This is the perfect summary.

I think independence in the 1970s in England varied a lot.

My first primary school mum took me the first day and then I went on the school bus alone. So at 5, I think I was met most days but I'm sure it wasn't every day.

When we moved to a more rural area we were in a new build estate and they built a tarmac footpath to the nearest primary school. Everyone walked, there would be the odd parent but mostly just the kids. I would have been about 8 or 9.

Just before I was 10 we moved again this time it was more built up and I was taken to school by car and usually picked up as well.

@XChrome I know I could just Google it but what on earth is crushed pineapple?

I love the old recipes - I have my grandmother’s neatly written ones, and it feels really special to use them (plus they are delicious)!

I’ve attached photos of the vegan condensed milk I use - I tried several, and found the supermarket one was by far the best.

I just want to say that I’ve been on the keto diet for the last month and the one thing I’m struggling with is the lack of cake.

This thread has been very triggering for me, you absolute bastards. I’m now considering a ram raid on my local Co-op for a Victoria sponge. (Also known as a “jam raid” 😂😂😂😂🫣🫣).

(Point of note - I used to make rock cakes with my mum growing up but she likes the beigest and most bland food in the world - she complained the other week that sausage rolls from Greggs were too spicy to eat).

If anyone wants to share a keto cake recipe that doesn’t involve growing my own keto-crops or anything else too complicated, it would be gratefully received. Every recipe I find makes my head spin as it’s got weird ingredients.

@StealthSpinach Thanks for the photo. I can look out for that now.

Has anybody here ever had the Canadian version of butter tarts? They have maple syrup, raisins and nuts in them. Out of this world.

1 pastry for double-crust deep dish pie
1 cup raisins (optional) or 1 cup pecans or walnuts (optional)
3 eggs
1 cup real maple syrup
2⁄3 cup brown sugar, packed
1⁄3 cup butter, melted
1 pinch salt

Roll out pastry and cut into 12 circles.
Fit pastrys into muffin or tart cups.
Sprinkle raisins and or nuts in the bottom of each tart.
Beat together eggs, maple syrup, brown sugar, butter and salt.
Pour into tart shells, about 2/3 full.
Bake at 375 F for 20-25 minutes, until set.
Cool 5 minutes and remove from pan.

@cariadlet - you’re welcome!

Thought I’d just pop this here - given the above conversations about carrot cake - it’s a new, limited edition cake from one of the supermarkets here…

It's canned pineapple that is pounded into a mush rather than in pieces.

Not if like me you happen to have an aversion for coconut flakes and involuntarily gag on them 🙄 must be how some folks are feeling about coriander. Love me a coconut curry so make of that whatever sense you will.

Thanks!

Finally.

That was well out of order...

Hmm. Not cakes, but still, since that ines always bothered me. I didn't realize sissification involved actually doing the washing up. Also, the stereotypes adopted never seem to include the mental load.

Best recipe ever! 🤣

@GrumpyPanda Washing up was the first thing that came into my head but you can use chores, sports, toys, clothes, careers - any aspect of human behaviour.

Conservatives: gender stereotypes are part of the natural order and you should conform to the stereotype that matches your sex.

TRAs: Gender roles exist and are part of the natural order. If you are gender non-conforming and interested in things associated with the opposite sex then it's a sign that you were born in the wrong body and are trans.

GCs: Fuck gender stereotypes. Anyone can dress how they want and be interested in anything but sex is immutable and sex matters.

Brilliant!

Just about sums it up.

This is helpful, thank you.

Ok, so if I’m reading this correctly, GC is synonymous with second wave feminism as a rejection of gender stereotypes. Would you say this is accurate?

Grim, just like their ideology😂

Burp

I don’t think that’s true.

I would be interested to hear the OPs response to “If you are doing the washing up then you must be a woman.”

It’s not that I don’t understand the definition, it’s that the definition has been different for almost everyone in this thread and that is what I’m trying to make sense of. There’s no sinister motive, I’m merely trying to get a cross section of what GCs believe about being GC so I can better understand it.