Dear Kent
Thank you for reminding the womenfolk in our family of our place in patriarchy. My twenty two year old daughter has been on the electoral roll for several years now. However, now that my seventeen year old son has enrolled, it makes perfect sense that all your correspondence now be addressed to him, with my daughter’s name merely added as an appendage to his Mr.
I will endeavour to make sure that full power of attorney over my daughter’s assets be signed over to my son as soon as possible, until such times as a suitable husband can be found to transfer ownership to.
In the interim, please forward us all of your laundry including dirty socks, shirts with particularly tough collar stains etc. to us. And what would you like on your sandwich?
Yours Sincerely
Linda Radfem
This is a true story.
Typical. The dudes do get all worried if women are walking about without male ownership.
Are you serious?!?!!!
Linda
Just curious. What was the wording of the correspondence in the way it was addressed to your son and daughter?
Was it something like: ‘Dear Mr [son's name] and [daughter's name] Radfem’?
I’m serious. Even I, jaded, cynical radical feminist, was shocked. I’ve written to the party and so has she. She was so outraged and reality-struck, it brought a tear to my eye. I’d write to the local paper but it would embarrass them both more than it would embarrass Kent Douchebag Johns.
iorarua, it goes like this:
“Dear Mr (initial) Radfem & Miss (initial) Radfem”
He’s not even eligible to vote yet!
And me, being beyond reproductive usefulness, didn’t get anything at all. Hilarious.
Oh Linda, I knew I felt a connection. Who knew it was geographical? Another Shoire girrrrrl. Gotta get out of the bloody Shire! Despite my name being what I think is obviously female, I always receive propaganda from my liberal representative addressed to Mr. Sandra despite there having been no Mr. Sandra EVER. But I’ll be working at a Miranda polling booth next Saturday where I intend to exact my revenge.
We’re just waiting for the youngest to finish school, then will probably leave the shire for good. It’s not such a nice place. I will be voting in Miranda on Saturday – which booth you working on?
I agree. Despite it’s physical beauty there’s just too many fuckwits. I’ll be at Miranda North public school.