Feminist, or hypocrite?

[shadowitch]

Trish is slowly improving. She won't be home on Monday as planned, but in a week or two she will be home where she belongs

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[ruth_lawrence]

I don't do coquette unless I actually am flirting with the man. I almost never cry , or simper, or give a man undue attention or praise.

This comes easily to me: my straight female relatives were/are not inclined to behave in such a way, and most of my male relatives hate it.

The first wave of feminism occured when my grandmothers, both dead at advanced ages, were girls. We have equality under the law.

I wasn't brought up to act like miss cute helpless, and saw no reason for me to take it up later.

[shadowitch]

I think your way is the more sensible, and the more defensible. I can't have my cake and eat it too - either I want equalty or I want to be coddled and cossetted.

[ruth_lawrence]

You can get the cuddling and cossetting with consenting adults you know :-)

It isn't my scene.

[ruth_lawrence]

I mean being cossetted. Because I was sick such a lot it only annoys me.