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'Women would find life easier if they picked up men's socks...
... and cleaned the loo'.
From the Daily Mail piece in which Fay Weldon (one time feminist, some say) sets back feminism by 50 years.
Now, let me start by saying, I take anything printed in the Daily Mail about as seriously as a I take Doctor Who running for Prime Minister but, unfortunately, I'm not in the majority. The Daily Mail is an incredibly popular newspaper in the UK despite its bias against anyone who isn't white, straight, able, affluent, and male. Many people in Britain agree with this agenda.
So, while I'm laughing for the most part at Fay Weldon's comments below, I know that, across Britain today, people are nodding their heads in agreement at her wisdom.
Here are some of her best quotes:
She says, for instance, that there are some things that women should simply not try to get men to do - such as make coffee, pick up their socks or clean the loo....
“At work, gender should not come into it. Women are right to refuse to make the coffee, but when you get home I'm afraid you have to make the coffee.”
Because that's just the way it should be!
And a stern warning for the working woman:
'They (men) just don't want to commit to you, and why would they when you are a busy working woman who can look after yourself and probably goes to bed easily with them?'
I can't stop laughing! According to Weldon it seems that not only is the working woman too independent for a poor, hapless little man, but she's also a filthy slut. Women of England, be ashamed!
The piece goes on to explain (confusedly, to say the least) what Weldon thinks we women should be looking for in a man. If you get that far, and can understand it, let me know.
So there you are, fellow women. That's you told. I would write more but I have to go and make my male housemates' dinners and then scrub the bathroom floor on my hands and knees. They're watching the television and relaxing because that's how it should it be, of course, and I wouldn't have it any other way!
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at 06:51 on August 30th, 2009
Generaldecay I'm smiling, I was about to clean the loo, but to hell with it now.
at 06:58 on August 30th, 2009
No, I'll do it! I'll be over in 10 minutes. Just let me unlock this kitchen sink chain and ask one of my male housemates for permission.
at 07:51 on August 30th, 2009
Amazing what you can do on the internet. Virtual housecleaning and getting here in ten minutes:)
at 08:06 on August 30th, 2009
Yeah, I may have been a little over-zealous there! I shall do some more calculations and come back to you! ;)
at 07:22 on August 30th, 2009
Bet her editor was a man. lol
at 07:48 on August 30th, 2009
maybe she only knows dirty people that dont like coffee