Thanks for sharing that. Good on your mom.

Wow. Just wow.

You are awesome, PersnicketyPants. This article baffles me. As does the tolerance for statements like, “hey, I hate baby boomers too, but ...” WTF?? That’s just bloody nazi or KKK-type sentiment.

Exactly!

:-)

I’d wager to say it’s not even most older women. I am 52 and don’t have many friends my age who accept assgrabby (etc.) behaviour as Just the Way Men Are. Or who are dismissive of the #metoo movement - at least when we are talking amongst ourselves.

First you have to get an inkling that the culture you are immersed in is problematic. Then you have to speak up in a world full of people who haven’t noticed and are emotionally attached to the status quo that’s dressed up as harmless or even absolutely right (religion).

That’s right! Lol, I had forgotten about that ... Roseanne’s annoying supervisor at the factory.

A ton of 70s women were icons of empowerment, a ton of them weren’t. Women were individuals then, as they are individuals today. I’ve never read a harlequin, but I’m pretty sure they still exist today. I also didn’t read or watch 50 shades of grey, the premise of which I find disturbing. I was also only 13 when the…

Have you ever heard of and/or watched American Horror Story? A relatively recent show. Did you catch the gist from the first season about how all the evil stemmed from an abortion clinic having been operated in the basement? By a weak doctor manipulated by his greedy bitch wife?

Wow, glad to see someone else speak up on this thread about the staggering (and yes, contemptuous) generalizations being thrown at older women on this thread. How do these young ladies believe they came to be living in an era when this type of thing is no longer an everyday occurrence - expected, a norm? I have…