To find it odd that gransnet doesn't have a Feminism section?

Maggie I think many posters get a bit of a baptism of fire, and only the stalwarts stick it out

Feminism is mainstream now, part of everyday life, so not a separate topic needing it's own special area.

This reminds me of when computers went into schools - and were given their own rooms.

I always argued that they were merely tools so should be in every classroom. Well, you wouldn't have a 'pencil room' would you?

In the same way, we should consider and discuss the feminist aspect of all topics.

I'm glad that other posters agree with me. There's lots of boards on here that are of no interest to me, so I wouldn't go on them, and I think it's the same with a Feminism Board - you can ignore it if it's not your thing. Or, you could put a feminism-related post on a different board.
Like another poster, I've come to Feminism later in life. I generally post on MN because, to be frank GN is pretty slow moving and (sorry) a bit pedestrian compared to MN. However, I would like to discuss Feminism with women of my own age.
And it does seem odd that there seems to be a thread for everything EXCEPT Feminism here.

I agree with Hetty58. Feminism is part of all aspects of life so can be discussed in all sorts of threads as relevant to the topic concerned.

I agree flyopen. Funny but we seem to get moderated more and get away with less than MN.

What exactly is there to discuss? Women know they are superior to men, so why do they need to talk about it?

The problem I have is that so many women think it is necessary to BEHAVE like men in order to be accepted as equal. A woman can still be feminine and 'girly, secure in the knowledge that you don't have to be masculine to prove that you are just as good as the men.

There isn't a special forum for race issues, either, or politics v other news, the divisions between house-owners and renters, between vegetarians, vegans and omnivores, immigrants and emigrants, dog-owners v cat-owners, redheads v non-gingers, natural v bottle-blondes, big-endians v little-endians,

How many different forums could GN be divided up into if everything was separated? Thread titles are a pretty good indication of the subject of a conversation (except the ones that just say "I am livid about this!!!")

I agree with Elegran
Has the Feminist one opened now on another forum?

Thanks Lara.

Ducks behind the sofa, as this forum is not only for Women would it not be a bit sexist ?????

Are men not allowed an opinionFelice ,I'd like to hear mens views as well as womens ,as I said before there are many views on what FEMINISM means .

Is the OP's name really Flyopen? Greeneyedgirl? or was it a Fruedian slip?
As an over 70, I am a bit jaded nowadays and only wake up to new ideas when they really excite me.
Even the interview yesterday with Greta (Radio4) annoyed me at times.
Today's youth are so depressed and full of blame for our generation.
I marched and protested in my youth . I was knocked down by a horse in Grosvenor Square protesting against the war in Vietnam. I've embraced the base at Greenham Common and been to the peace camp at Faslane.
In my 30s and 40s I was marching against world poverty and for animal welfare (and became vegetarian)

I pay my subs to Greenpeace, to Amnesty and to Sustrans.

I have been a founder member of a local branch of Woodcraft, supported Refugees and the groups for social inclusion and for the environment.
I have volunteered for Oxfam, for RDA, the Food Bank and Community Gardening.

But I have nothing against knitting Urmston. I have taught all my DC to knit, to cook and to use a sewing machine.

Nothing I do is specifically Feminist though. Should it be?

Well no we all pick our different interests and causes. I am interested in feminism, you dont have to be.

It's interesting that the very words Feminist/Feminism still seem to raise hackles and resistance.

Grammareto's post had me wondering what others would classify as "specifically feminist". I did go to Greenham, the coaches were all women only and my friends who camped there, were all women. Other movements I was involved with involved men and women

In the 70's and early 80's I was involved with groups looking at our work from a feminist perspective. Many of the things we discussed that were considered radical are now mainstream. That doesn't make me feel feminism is mainstream.

felice

Ducks behind the sofa, as this forum is not only for Women would it not be a bit sexist ?????

Why would discussing women and women's issues be sexist? Is discussing BLM or racism racist, or talking about grandchildren on a forum for older people ageist?

There are a few male posters on here, and of course it is interesting to hear their points of view, but unless the topic is gender-specific, surely they are posting first as people and then as men? Everything I think or say is probably informed by the fact that I am female, but I doubt it is dominated by that.

Sorry, but I think that the assumption that if there is a man present in a discussion then women should be quiet about their own lives is a very good reason to promote discussion of feminism .

Can't men be feminists ?

Why knocking knitting?

I have knitted all my life since a child. Through all my rebellious phases including a punk in the 1970's.
It is not an age related activity at all.
There are some fantastically creative knitters around in businesses who are not all even middle-aged let alone old.
We clearly do need a feminist forum when certain people, regulars here, keep using knitting as a denigrating term.

Also it's very ageist attitude.