#NotAllMen when my mom hosted feminist meetings in our NYC apartment (including Betty Friedan!) my father and I were relegated to the kitchen for the duration. It might have been the 70s but we understood the assignment.
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And what was the assignment? What did you learn?
sep 2, 2025, 6:19 pm • 2 0 • view
To stay the fuck out of the way when women are discussing women’s issues. Unless we were asked to bring in the tea.
sep 2, 2025, 6:20 pm • 0 0 • view
Did you listen to them at all? Other than just making yourself scarce?
sep 2, 2025, 6:21 pm • 3 0 • view
Most of the issues as I remember in those days were around abortion access, contraception access and women’s healthcare (most OB GYN were men). La plus ça change…at least there’s more female MDs v
sep 2, 2025, 6:26 pm • 0 0 • view
My Mom summarized for us. There were some radicals who *really* didn’t want men in the room.
sep 2, 2025, 6:23 pm • 0 0 • view
Ever wonder why?
sep 2, 2025, 6:25 pm • 3 0 • view
Nope. Because my Mom explained that some women felt you couldn’t defeat the patriarchy from within and advocated total separation.
sep 2, 2025, 6:46 pm • 0 0 • view
She never explained but I have learned since that there were survivors of domestic violence as well.
sep 2, 2025, 6:46 pm • 0 0 • view
Yet, you just now called them "radicals"....rather than victims... interesting....
sep 2, 2025, 6:51 pm • 4 0 • view
No I did not: note “as well” I never knew who was in which group and they called themselves radical feminists.
sep 2, 2025, 7:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Indeed....? You sticking with that?
sep 2, 2025, 8:37 pm • 0 0 • view
No he was too busy centering himself, exactly the way he’s doing here…
sep 2, 2025, 6:26 pm • 3 0 • view
Actual tea, that is 😏
sep 2, 2025, 6:21 pm • 0 0 • view
And another one bites the dust 😂 Men: don’t roll up to a woman’s post about women and center yourselves with “I’m a great guy”. Just don’t.
sep 2, 2025, 6:21 pm • 1 0 • view