...a photo of a woman with a black eye, and the tagline, “Domestic violence. Because sometimes, you have to tell her more than once.”

Truth be told, I have difficulty understanding how women can say they aren’t feminists and that they aren’t angry at how things are.

Yup! It wasn’t that long ago that being outspoken and female would get you electric shock therapy for being “hysterical”. My grandmothers were both feminists in the 50s. They probably didn’t even call themselves that. They were stand outs, ahead of their time.

FFS. Someone else, choosing to do something else, advocating for the option to do something else is not “bitchy”. It’s also not a judgement on you; stop it. Not everything is positioned as commentary on your lifestyle.

Very well said, fortheloveofbeets. Patriarchy is very well served by the divide-and-conquer technique. If feminists fight among ourselves, we are less focused on creating social change - and that translates across the spectrum of social activity. Patriarchy intentionally sets up women to compete with women, instead of…

They subconsciously assume that they will have a partner (often called a “wife”) who will do the lion’s share of the kid-rearing. This ingrained knowledge affects their job choices, their hiring practices, and their behavior. (Ladies: at the start of your relationship, your man will promise you the moon about how much…

In the time of my mother’s life(Mad Men time), it was expected of all women to iron, cook and clean for their men...even if they hated it or lacked the skill set. As a proud feminist, I know that feminism is about being able to make the choices in my life because I am person, not because it is expected of me as a…

Yeah...but...there aren’t feminists mocking stay at home moms. That’s a myth. You’ll find at every feminist site support for stay at home moms and at every feminist gathering of speakers. Every feminist foundation I know does work to legislatively support stay at home moms.

Honey, you need to stop. You are seriously over your head in this discussion or you are a troll. You refuse to grasp what anyone is saying and keep repeating the same points. I’m guessing that you are insufferable and that contributes to the lack of empathy people have when they give you attitude.

OMG Thank You. I’m child free, but at 54 I still feel a disconnect with women in their 20’s and 30’s who talk smack about feminism.

Because the opposite, women who are vilified simply because they want to wok still exists too? Or have no interest in cooking or baking? Or don’t want kids? Because women still are expected to do most of the housework even if they work? Because women end up having to juggle kids, elderly parents and work and end up…

Thank you for saying this. “Fucking up” is rough but I’m a 25 year old feminist, I shave my legs and everything, and I’ve been burning with anger for ten years. Look the fuck around.

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There were some idiots that, particularly during season 1/2, totally missed that and thought that they were supposed to want to be Don Draper.

This. I’m an angry feminist. But I think our generation of women is straight-up weaker. If that pisses someone off - good. Unlike the first feminists and those after, we’ve totally accepted the stereotypes about us. Most of us strive to be feminine (shave our legs, wear makeup, heels, etc etc), because we don’t want…

I’m 56 and cannot understand why younger generations AREN’T as angry. Give it time. It grinds you down - even with the battles won, the shit is still there.

Modern feminism certainly suffers from a distinct lack of anger. Many feminists have become complacent and lazy, have learned to sit on old laurels and placate the men by “choosing” to cooperate with patriarchy and then call that “empowerment” because it was supposedly their “choice” to do so, even though the word…

My aunt, who is my older female mother-figure/role model has a visceral reaction to Mad Men she cannot watch it. She's tried, as we are (not closely) related to one of the actors. She can't watch it because, as she says, she lived it.