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[celebriangel]

6 DOWN, 2 TO GO.

So I've had...an interesting time of it lately. Sadly I'm too tired and in need of sleep (to get up early tomorrow to revise) to give you the full story of Exam Stress, Panic-Induced Hypochondria, and Why The Pill Makes Me Crazy - though actually I don't know the full story on that last one. No idea. But it does. In summary,

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[celebriangel]

I went on Dianette some years ago I think, and went absolutely crazy. I'm not even kidding. There was *slightly* less crazy this time, and it only became very apparent when I was under stress anyway, but I'd like to avoid the constant anxiety and excessive crying, thanks.

I considered going on a low-oestrogen combined pill, but then I've been thinking of getting the implant, which would be lovely and convenient, and it's a progestogen-only thingy. So I'm giving that a go - the progestogen-only pill, that is - to see if it works. So far, I feel back to my old self.

Yeah. The bf...suffers from male privilege. He doesn't understand why feminists still exist, when, although there's still inequality, discrimination of all kinds - even negative discrimination - exists in small proportions.

I'm sending him a fb message on this one, explaining all the difficulties women face every day just because they're a woman which, naturally, he's never come up against - it's a 'fish have no word for water' thing. He also said that men are hurt by inequality, eg, in the negative discrimination case. I'mma point out that one of the key points in feminist theory is "Patriarchy Hurts Men Too" and its corollary "Feminism Benefits Men Too".

The point is, negative discrimination wouldn't have to occur in an equal world, because the attidute of 'we won't hire her, she's a woman' wouldn't exist and therefore no employment quotas would be required to make people hire women.

And also, yes, negative discrimination exists. But it's made up for hundreds of times over by the amount of "positive" discrimination that exists. (and isn't it odd that I can't find a derogatory qualifier for sexist discrimination as opposed to negative discrimination? How did we set this up? "normal" discrimination is sexism - "negative" discrimination is discrimination against, er, the people for whom this is an entirely new and bizarre experience, so they kick up a fuss. Naturally.)

Gah. You're the wrong person to be saying all this too. I'm not all that great at verbal debate, and the other half likes to finish his point, by which time I've often forgotten most of the 12 objections I had. Much better in writing.

[celebriangel]

You are so very right.

After I postd my response, I noticed (or Simon posted) a response on facebook which was quite disparaging. I've spent the last hour and a half composing a message telling him that I deserve more respect than that.

We had a conversation last night that wasn't exactly encouraging me to share my valuable opinions...I guess being publicly shamed is my last straw.

I've stopped being angry, but I'm still sad that I have to take a stand, because I know it'll just cause more argument and upset. But at the same time, I can't let it slide, or it'll happen again. I don't like that I've been put in an unpleasant position by someone who loves me.

Anyway. On with the revision, in the hopes i'm capable of something approaching concentration...