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[–]SameOldBS 28 insightful - 3 fun28 insightful - 2 fun29 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

The time I stood up as a teenager in my wider family of origin one Xmas and asked why all the females, who also had full-time jobs, were doing all the cooking and housework while all the males sat around and drank beer. It did not make me popular but it did make me a feminist. And the next year my mother followed my example and opted out and did her own thing at Christmas.

[–]vitunrotta[S] 18 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I love that your mother heard you and was probably thinking "finally someone said it out loud!" and duly stopped performing her womanly duties.

I've seen this so much - guys sit around and have a talk, while women scurry around to catch the kids who are about to get lost in the woods; and they're still stirring a pot of marinara with one hand. Good on your for speaking out. Men will especially hate to hear these truths but you took all of their balls (figuratively, I must add!) and stood up to everyone. I'm proud of you, as a distant stranger woman :)

[–]SameOldBS 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you! I really appreciate that.