In reply to olddirtydoggy:
In reply to olddirtydoggy:
> I know a lot of women and pretty much all of them are happy in their skins, happy with their place in society and just get on with it.
That in itself does not preclude the existence of prejudice however, a happy slave is still a slave ( hyperbole I know, but I am using it to make a point ). To counter your original point, that feminism is 'over' - it has obviously succeeded in many ways when compared to a century or more ago - I would offer the following examples of where feminism still has some work to do, restricted to the UK only as I would assume it manifestly obvious that women face extreme institutionalized prejudice in many other cultures.
* The illegality of abortion in Northern Ireland
* Taxation of feminine hygiene products
* Under representation of women in high paying and managerial occupations (according to the ONS. This is related to the gender pay gap, which has been in steady decline for years)
* Cultural attitudes. While I believe in a multicultural society, it is inevitable that the UK has 'imported' issues from cultures with less enlightened philosophies toward women. These include, but are not limited to, human trafficking, forced marriages and female genital mutilation
* Media representation. The media often applies double standards to the portrayal of men and women. A classic example from climbing being the coverage of the death of Alison Hargreaves, who received criticism for participating in such a dangerous activity as a mother, when other climbers who were fathers faced no such treatment.
I've limited my response to what I think are fairly objective facts. Admittedly it is harder for me to empathize with what have become known as 'micro aggressions'. I am a white man, and as such I would be somewhat embarrassed to debate the existence of such things. But if the women I know say that these are the things that they experience daily, I don't think I'm qualified to argue.
> Lets just get on with living and climbing together regardless of what we think we are.
Amen to that.