Is it time for a Feminist Manifesto for DU?

[pecwae]

40. Something needs to be done.

I hadn't realized how rampant the use and acceptance of sexist, misogynist terms had become around here until just recently when I began to visit more frequently. I support and applaud all efforts to make DU more comfortable for women.

Like all of you I've fought this battle for years. Yes, things are better, but we still have a long way to go to be truly fair and equal.

Not many years ago I worked in an all male department. I was the first woman to ever be employed there. One co worker told me that I was taking the food off the table of a good, hard working family man by denying him that position. It didn't matter that I was a single Mom with kids in school; that position should have gone to a good, hard working family man. Talk about facepalm! It didn't even compute in his sexist brain that I was raising a family alone. I guess he thought I should have remained married and let that good old boy take care of me no matter how much abuse I had to endure.