Tuesday, 4 September 2018

Yes, I know who Germaine Greer is,

I answered  an acquaintance yesterday.
Are YOU a feminist,she continued.
What on earth has brought this on, soon you will be asking me how old I am and how much I weigh,I replied laughing.
She pointed to a small tin of paint I just bought in my local Leyland.
So you think I am a feminist  because I carry a tin of paint,  I exclaimed in disbelief.
And you also do decorating, she ventured smiling.My daughter said she saw you outside  on a ladder some months ago.      Yes,  my  ladder and I  are good friends.
Our little talk has got me thinking.Ms Greer is a feminist.She  does not have a high opinion of the Duchess.
Ms Greer and I have one thing in common and i is not my being a feminist.      What on earth does it mean,anyway?

I have always been my own woman. I know my worth,am comfortable in my own skin.
I bow to no man.
I neither smoke nor drink, except when I remember how good red wine is supposed to be  for one's heart and the odd cocktail on holiday.
I am not much of a cook, but am  a wonderful hostess and a homemaker.
I  readily tolerate  people's little foibles yet do not suffer fools gladly.


I believe every-one and trust no-one. Not until they have proved to me they deserve my trust.Then they have it unreservedly.
I dislike scroungers and layabouts be it royal or common but help readily when help  is needed.
Does any of this make me a feminist?
The thought  of political correctness sends shivers down my spine.
That certainly dos not make me a feminist!



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