At least,
the ladies of the Fawcett Society, the mad-as-a-box-of-snakes radical feminist group:
The Fawcett Society said the policies offered ahead of the election were “depressing” for anyone who cares about gender equality, and the few measures mentioning women ranged from “disappointing to downright disturbing”.
Oh, have a cupcake and forget about it, sweetie…
It accused Labour of having “stagnated”, despite Harriet Harman’s radical ideas, and called the Conservatives’ plan for marriage tax breaks “backward”.
You aren’t likely to get what you want by stamping your foot and screaming, you know…
Its criticisms come even though party leaders have tried desperately to win over female voters by appearing on Mumsnet, campaigning with their wives and talking about their family lives in interviews.
They shouldn’t have bothered. There’s no pleasing some….
As long as the ironing is done, they can say what they want.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Feminist movement just like the Unions started out any right thinking and fair minded person would agree with and give support to them they had a very important role to play and they played it well. However like all revolutionary movements they eventually get hijacked by the power crazy and the extremists and become vehicles to promote more sinister agendas. In the case of the feminists it is no longer about achieving equality it is about obtaining unfair advantage and paying back for perceived past injustices. Just like the Labour party when you come to think about it.
ReplyDeleteThe Violet Elizabeth Bott effect.
ReplyDeleteI don't suppose, 'Don't worry your pretty little head about that dear.' would lift the debate much either.
Would a 'fawcett' be a collective noun for feminists, rather than an 'envy'? Or is a 'fawcet' more appropriate for hose?
Great analogy Anti, re. Unions and the Feminist movement and change over time. Like some wars and civil unrest we all have and do experience life for the better because they happen to exist. Still unacceptably painful for many innocents and most groups associated with these events subscribe to hate as a tool.
ReplyDeleteIt seems the more important something is, once a cause has been established and addressed the greater the risk that the advocates become a part of the problem. Its hard to suggest an important cause where the advocates for change were or have not become awful themselves in some way.
@ Chuckles
ReplyDeleteJohnny Vaughan proposes that all people fall into one of two categories: radiators and drains. I suggest that a drain is a more appropriate description for collection of Feminists today rather than fawcet. Like wasps and chavs what do they produce apart from something nasty or waste exactly?
I'm sorry, its the Fawcett Society not fawcet. Still Julia nails it with mad radical snakes.
ReplyDeletehow about, madly envious reptillian?
ReplyDeleteand isn't it some arachnids that place little value other than food on the male of the species?
ReplyDeleteLamia (Greek: Λάμια) was a beautiful queen of Libya who became a child-eating daemon.
ReplyDelete"As long as the ironing is done, they can say what they want."
ReplyDeleteLol!
"However like all revolutionary movements they eventually get hijacked by the power crazy and the extremists and become vehicles to promote more sinister agendas."
Spot on. You can add a lot of charities to that too...
"Would a 'fawcett' be a collective noun for feminists.."
It would. It would indeed...
"Johnny Vaughan proposes that all people fall into one of two categories: radiators and drains."
That's a pretty good analogy, actually. The balance seems to be tipping in favour of the drains, sadly.
"You aren’t likely to get what you want by stamping your foot and screaming, you know"
ReplyDeleteAu contraire. In modern Britain, that's exactly the way to get what you want.
Ach. Tell the bastards to go and jump under a horse.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, they would probably enjoy being jumped by a horse.