Barriers To Genealogy In The Future

[groom]

The obvious example in the context of Family History is the number of girls who get 'up the spout' despite being instructed how to avoid it ?

I think that is a rather derogatory remark Andrew.

I agree with you majm - I find that rather offensive, not only the phrase used but also the idea. I was under the impression that it took two to make a baby, so why place the blame on the female? Surely the male could also have taken steps to avoid it!

[majm]

Yes, 3sd,  it is offensive.   

French letters have been around for centuries, both as a method of birth control for males, and as a barrier to sexually transmitted diseases.   

Cheers,  JM

[jaybelnz]

I agree. I find that remark very offensive as well Andrew, and not at all acceptable!

[Guy Etchells]

Yes, 3sd,  it is offensive.   

French letters have been around for centuries, both as a method of birth control for males, and as a barrier to sexually transmitted diseases.   

Cheers,  JM

Sorry but one could claim that to use the slang term French letters could be construed as derogatory as it insults the publication company French Letters (Les Lettres Françaises) which was formed in 1941 or  the song French Letters recorded in 1982 by the New Zealand band Herbs.

The term up the spout (and similar) has been used certainly since 1918 as slang for pregnant.

Perhaps we should not be too sensitive or judgemental when we read what others write.
Cheers
Guy


 

[groom]

The term up the spout (and similar) has been used certainly since 1918 as slang for pregnant.

Perhaps we should not be too sensitive or judgemental when we read what others write.
Cheers

As I said previously, although I don't like the phrase, it is also the idea that it is the woman's fault that I also object to. Did the man play no part in it?

[3sillydogs]

Why do us poor girls always get the blame, is it cos we can't hide the evidence if it all goes wrong, chap walks away and can even deny his responsibility if he so chooses, not really fair.................


.........and pie fillings are hot when they come out of the oven Guy so that naughtly boys like you will hopefully learn not to pinch them until they're ready

.....but unfortunately I fear it is a lesson never learned, my son still pinches the hot biccies right off the tray...............and he's grown,...............

[jaybelnz]

I have the right to be offended and will always choose to be so if and when I read a misogynistic remark in a forum such as this, where I certainly would not expect to see such a thing!


Modified to add
"Perhaps we should not be too sensitive or judgemental when we read what others write."
Cheers
Guy

[Guy Etchells]

I have the right to be offended and will always choose to be so if and when I read a misogynistic remark in a forum such as this, where I certainly would not expect to see such a thing!

How is it misogynistic?
There was no hatred or mistrust of women in the remark.
Misogynist - Greek from the prefix miso- "hatred" plus gynḗ "a woman."

The phrase was simply slang phrase used daily up and down the country with no ill intentions.

Cheers
Guy

[KGarrad]

Laying the blame for pregnancy on either party, when you have no idea as to what really happened, is bad thinking!

I should explain that I got my first wife pregnant, before marriage, when she was just 17 years old!

I have never blamed anyone else but myself.
Well I was 24 at the time!!

On the plus side - we had 20 years of marriage, and 2 beautiful daughters!

But please don't make comments about such things, unless you know the whole story!
The poor girl may have been raped, for all you know!