My parents tend to not be sexist, but on a similar note, they do seem to have batches of intense homophobia every once in awhile. Which makes it difficult when I bring my girlfriend over for dinner, but I know (posted to Your parents and sexism ...)
My mom is pretty open. I don't really know my dad. Most people in my family are pretty open, even my grandma. She still has old racist values, such as 'Whites can never be trusted' and stuff like that. (posted to Your parents and sexism ...)
ahhh, family and feminism. I was just talking to someone about it. my family, like everyones family, is strange. divorced. re-married. engaged. and I find that among the mix, there's a range of patriarchy in everyones attitudes. But I'm of (posted to Your parents and sexism ...)
Marc, I too struggle with the "How-can-these-people-be-so-damn-sexist?" dilemma with my parents. Though they didn't explicitly call their lifestyle feminist, I find little to object to from a feminist standpoint in the way things actually worked in my family. For instance, (posted to Your parents and sexism ...)
I have a weird family, like everyone. I had a mix of single moms and right wing evangelism that said, well we can't depend on men so women should do everything themselves but also always submit to male preachers and (posted to Your parents and sexism ...)
My family is pretty much universally feminist (though they'd probably call it egalitarian). No one ever tolerates sexist shit, especially my mom. She was planning on joining the Air Force, until she found out they wouldn't let her fly fighters. (posted to Your parents and sexism ...)
