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In reply to the discussion: For those of you who aren't old enough to remember life before the feminist movement, I offer [View all]PDJane
(10,103 posts)38. I found out early that men crowding me was going to be overlooked..........
Until I started doing things like shoving my umbrella into their instep or asking them loudly if they wanted to exchange places. I got nasty early.
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For those of you who aren't old enough to remember life before the feminist movement, I offer [View all]
Skidmore
May 2012
OP
It sounds like we grew up in similar places and circumstances. I don't miss the attitudes, either.
Arkansas Granny
May 2012
#6
Many of those products were used as methods of birth control before the bc pill was available as
Arkansas Granny
May 2012
#7
Works both ways. The first time about 1970 I called 411 and a man answered, I hung up...
kickysnana
May 2012
#10
A friend of mine recently died at age 96. She worked all her life for Bell and became a manager.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#43
It's amazing how far we have NOT come. Go to Google Images and search for things like...
slackmaster
May 2012
#11
I designed a wooden mural in art/craft class in 1968 the teacher was impressed by the design
Raine
May 2012
#28