MeToo generation are just whingers
aNy woman who is older than 50 would remember the office lecher, who would try to touch you up and make leery suggestions. They were the days when you got offered a cigarette in interviews, but couldn’t get a mortgage or have an overdraft if you were an unmarried woman, or a promotion if you were married in case you got pregnant. our generation fought hard to change that attitude. The lecher got a slap across the chops and managers got ‘attitude’ until the law changed. So why do today’s so-called feminists feel so hard done by? They walked into the jobs and opportunities we created for them, and for which we would have killed. They’re not feminists, just whingers. In my day, being a feminist was about being robust and getting equal opportunities, not about scoring points and getting even for any little slight. I’m not sorry for being a feminist and changing things so younger women benefited from our struggles. But I am sorry that a number of women today seem to think they have some divine right to the best things in life, without putting in much effort, except to complain. No wonder so many men are shying away from marriage. If I was a man, I’d think twice before I got tangled up with the kind of harpy that a lot of so-called feminists seem to have morphed into. as an old-school feminist, I don’t recognise many of those jumping aboard the #meToo bandwagon.
JOY TURNER, London N8.
I AGREE with ann Widdecombe’s comments on wolf-whistling. It is quite harmless. When I was a young woman, I would quite often be wolf-whistled, but never felt endangered or uncomfortable. It was not given in an offensive manner or taken as such. my friends and I simply giggled and waved because it was just a bit of harmless fun. Were we promiscuous girls? No, not at all. morals were far higher back in the day. you got married and had babies, in that order. We had a good time dancing, partying and drinking, but no one was throwing up in the street or passed out on the pavement on a Saturday night. The wolf whistle was just meant as a compliment. What next? Will a man no longer be able to say ‘you look nice’ without it being interpreted as sexist?
CAROLE RUSSELL, Droitwich, Worcs. my MOTHER always reminded me to treat women with respect, never go where you are not welcome or invited and always leave them sweet. It served me well, but it seems that far too many men who chose to do the opposite are now paying the price.
JOHN EVANS, Wokingham, Berks.