The only tool in the box
I have a friend, a woman who is 60. So she grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, and was deeply affected by the feminism movement.

Nothing wrong with that, except she insists on seeing *every* debate or argument as a feminist one. No matter what you are discussing, however morally neutral or unconnected with sexual politics, she'll manage to crowbar a feminist analysis in. Every. Single. Time.

My favourite was a light-hearted discussion of the difference between the Celcius and Farenheit temperature scales. Apparently one was a male-dominated misogynistic conspiracy, while the other was a fluffy female moon-scale inspired by the Goddess. Can't remember which was which, though.

Drives me spare. She's a perfectly nice person in all other ways, however.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 10 Oct 2012, 11:27, 6 replies)

Yes. A friend of ours' ex-boyfriend is one of those "professional" homosexuals.
EVERYTHING is about gayness. I once made an off-hand comment about the MPs expenses, and within two minutes he was ranting about gay MPs in the closet. He told me my music collection was "oppressively straight".

He even told his then boyfriend (our friend) - that he was in the closet, because he'd never formally come out to his parents. Our friend is 42, camper than Elton John's dog, and hasn't even ever kissed a girl for a laugh.

Other than that, he too is a perfectly nice person.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 10 Oct 2012, 11:42, closed)

I reckon my friend thinks she should be a lesbian, for political reasons, but she likes teh cock too much for that
It must be a source of infinite frustration. Bi-furious, perhaps.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 10 Oct 2012, 12:43, closed)

I went out with a radical feminist once.
Our last argument concluded with her accusing me of being "Arrrgh! So! Fucking! MALE!"

I didn't know whether to thank her or apologise.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 10 Oct 2012, 12:58, closed)

I thought Farenheit was based on a German bloke with a fever?
Celsius I've always taken for granted though so now I have to google it.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 10 Oct 2012, 13:22, closed)

Must be annoying...
...but imagine what you'd have been like if you'd grown up a woman in an era where Jimmy Saville fixed it for you.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Wed 10 Oct 2012, 16:05, closed)

I always thought he was creepy when I was a lad
Not sexually, just, well, generally. The kind of man you'd never sit next to on the train.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 10 Oct 2012, 16:46, closed)