Feminists

She had two commendations from two presidents for her work in education. I can't recall decades later if she ever referred to herself as a feminist. I was just thinking about this as I wrote the previous post. Maybe she did, maybe she didn't but I would think she could have called herself one. The point was that she could have been "labeled" that or labeled herself one, but I just don't recall. There are many parts of her life and pursuits that I lost when I left for college and distance became an issue. She wasn't one to pat herself on the back, but OH BOY did she like to argue about things I think might be discussed in this section of DU like glass ceilings, equal rights, and things like that. Misogyny, which defined is hatred of women, I don't know how she felt. I get the word confused because it seems to be used merely with certain expressions. She liked to be charmed and loved the southern "babe", "honey" etc which some would use in conversation. In a way, she liked respect as an equal but liked to be sweet talked like a lady in her mind. If those terms were used in a derogatory fashion to impugn or to belittle in conversation, she would let you know though. I have seen that in meetings wherein someone in a debate at a meeting might say "listen darling, you are wrong" and she would have said don't bother talking to me that way, etc. Not that I ever saw her in a meeting outside of the kitchen table with family but I believe she would have. But I have seen it in meetings when my life was revolving in the corporate world. I always cringed knowing that it would never get taken well. Hard for me to explain in a post I guess.