Men's Group

I've known a few feminists who I didn't like, but it had nothing to do with their feminism...it had to do with them as people...they just weren't very likable for reasons having to with personal style. Mostly, my feminist friends are wonderful. But there are always those people we just won't get along with.

The women I have the most trouble liking are those who say they believe in gender equality and then say things like "a woman boss is worse than a male boss." Somehow they think women bosses are harder to get along with than men bosses and I really don't know where they comes from. I have had only one very difficult female boss and a host of wonderful female bosses over my long life/career. The difficult one, I found out later, was bipolar and often skipped her meds. I had to leave that job and get another she was so unbearable at times and I couldn't stand the uncertainty of how she would be on a given day.

Of course, I've been retired now for 10 years so my work experience is quite dated. The most difficult thing for me to accept is women who have been mentored by other women and brought along and then say they are not feminists. I don't understand that.