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History of Feminism

redqueen

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21. I like to throw it into lighthearted discussions among women.

Reply to niyad (Reply #16)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 12:33 PM

Feb 2013

For example a conversation about the frequent practice of charging more for women's dry cleaning... I just casually mention that its like a tax on lady drag.

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Radical feminism: what it is and why we're afraid of it [View all] seabeyond Feb 2013 OP

Women "made" you explore this subject? Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #1

actually, seabeyond Feb 2013 #2

Yes mam. n/t Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #5

paranoid anxieties of fearful anti-feminists. yeah, fearful that if women ever did become the niyad Feb 2013 #3

kinda like having a black president. ya. you are right on. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #6

Projection indeed! Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #8

do you think any of them noticed that the woman in the pic is indeed wearing makeup? niyad Feb 2013 #4

lol lol. making sense is not required, lol. something we forget time to time. seabeyond Feb 2013 #7

Make-up is okay. Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #9

bah hahahaha. tellin ya, that was funny. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #10

Camouflage. redqueen Feb 2013 #11

you are funny. how do you think i tricked hubby into marrying me. lol seabeyond Feb 2013 #12

thank goodness I had just put down my coffee niyad Feb 2013 #14

you know, it just gets taken so far beyond reason, it becomes a hoot. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #16

have you ever read "the rules"? niyad Feb 2013 #18

no. does that make us "ladies" or "manhaters" seabeyond Feb 2013 #19

it's a book that came out a few years ago, telling women how to behave so they could get niyad Feb 2013 #20

Then you get to be like one of those women interviewed for The Feminine Mystique... redqueen Feb 2013 #23

amazing the bill of goods women have been sold, isn't it? niyad Feb 2013 #24

if I remember correctly, phyllis chesler used to refer to it as war paint. niyad Feb 2013 #13

Yeah, that's a popular nickname. I like to call it lady drag. redqueen Feb 2013 #15

oh, I like that! alas, whatever we call it, I cannot employ it, having this unreasonable bias in niyad Feb 2013 #16

I like to throw it into lighthearted discussions among women. redqueen Feb 2013 #21

oh, I am most definitely stealing this niyad Feb 2013 #22

OMG MadrasT Feb 2013 #25

World domination Helen Reddy Feb 2013 #26

And this ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #27

My dream world. Truly. n/t MadrasT Feb 2013 #28