tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post5873868134037310107..comments2024-03-28T09:37:34.133+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: SuffragetteYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-12068205073314631282015-10-25T16:02:07.223+00:002015-10-25T16:02:07.223+00:00I realised that, YP, but I felt that I hadn't ...I realised that, YP, but I felt that I hadn't really 'finished' my original comment.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33024935861403726742015-10-25T15:59:10.867+00:002015-10-25T15:59:10.867+00:00Precisely Graham. I couldn't have put it bette...Precisely Graham. I couldn't have put it better than that myself...and in my last comment I wasn't implying that we were at odds on this subject.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-34004346007307253712015-10-25T15:41:28.872+00:002015-10-25T15:41:28.872+00:00I see no inconsistency between our views YP. Men ...I see no inconsistency between our views YP. Men as a group are inherently different because, <i>inter alia</i>, they can't have babies but that doesn't stop them being different one from another or women from being different one from another. I could never be a brain surgeon but there are many men and women who could be and, for those that can, the opportunity should be there equally between them. Some will make it some will not. Sex should make no difference.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44246042224991380652015-10-25T15:23:38.476+00:002015-10-25T15:23:38.476+00:00I would say that every man I have met in my life h...I would say that every man I have met in my life has been different from the next man and that every woman has been different from the next. Bundling people into two distinct groups - one called "men" and the other called "women" rather glosses over those differences making things seem more straightforward than they really are. We are people.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-73380358169719316092015-10-25T15:19:20.338+00:002015-10-25T15:19:20.338+00:00I came from a family which had very strong women o...I came from a family which had very strong women on both sides and went to a Prep School with strong women teachers so it was a while before I realised just how much inequality of opportunity there was. My mother always taught me that men and women are not equal, that they are different but that their opportunities in life should be equal. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-59909694296816230472015-10-25T12:11:03.517+00:002015-10-25T12:11:03.517+00:00Adrian! The idea of you being "sexist" i...Adrian! The idea of you being "sexist" is absurd! "Sexy" yes but "sexist" - no way Jose!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-48583192595586472132015-10-25T11:30:52.545+00:002015-10-25T11:30:52.545+00:00Hahahahahaha! You're madder than I am, Yorkie...Hahahahahaha! You're madder than I am, Yorkie...and I never thought that would be possible! lolLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44188426417858896742015-10-25T11:15:17.839+00:002015-10-25T11:15:17.839+00:00I wasn't been sexist. I believe in gender equa...I wasn't been sexist. I believe in gender equality. The only time that toffs do is when we need them to do men's work in a war. They seem to do a good enough job but you do get useless members of both sexes and middle sexes.<br />Some are not only useless but evil with it. The more strident the more evil they are. Again it applies to all humanity with the exception of the Royals who are so accustomed to being obeyed they don't feel the need to justify anything they do; fortunately they do bugger all.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10161275998285129992015-10-25T09:29:25.792+00:002015-10-25T09:29:25.792+00:00Sorry, I don't remember that scene from "...Sorry, I don't remember that scene from "Mary Poppins" but this is not surprising as I haven't seen the film since 1965. Was Mary played by Meryl Streep?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50953530827508219152015-10-25T09:26:25.102+00:002015-10-25T09:26:25.102+00:00Phew! That's a relief. I didn't want to st...Phew! That's a relief. I didn't want to stand outside the headmistress's office again!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13958044844524517622015-10-25T08:15:27.626+00:002015-10-25T08:15:27.626+00:00Carol...as Yorkie said...Meryl Streep's appear...Carol...as Yorkie said...Meryl Streep's appearance in the movie is minute. I hope somehow, perhaps via your computer, you can see the particular guest appearance she made on "The Graham Norton Show", along with Carey Mulligan who plays the lead in the movie....and you then will understand...and Streep's attitude etc. She by no means big-noted herself. She was willing and honoured to have had the role in this movie - a cameo appearance though it was.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-876499277902386252015-10-25T08:10:41.096+00:002015-10-25T08:10:41.096+00:00Spit it out, Yorkie! Come on, spill! Do you have...Spit it out, Yorkie! Come on, spill! Do you have a guilty conscience! lol<br /><br />Stand easy...I wasn't referring to you; but you already know that!! :) <br />Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-75351666738836668402015-10-25T06:49:13.817+00:002015-10-25T06:49:13.817+00:00Whenever I think of the suffragettes in England I ...Whenever I think of the suffragettes in England I think of Glynis Johns singing "Sister Suffragette" in Mary Poppins...rightly or wrongly. In any case, I am curious about this movie and I'm sure I'll see it at some point. It's amazing that in this day and age women are still working to achieve equality in so many places on the planet (including, in some respects, the West). As for Carol's comment above, the fact is, Meryl brings in audiences, and the producers know that!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10478631958810292052015-10-25T01:52:59.881+01:002015-10-25T01:52:59.881+01:00I love...sorry I admire Meryl Streep and I think i...I love...sorry I admire Meryl Streep and I think it is great that she was prepared to take on this cameo role, so there Carol!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33826967513441438512015-10-25T00:24:16.255+01:002015-10-25T00:24:16.255+01:00Meryl Streep looks like Mary Poppins in that photo...Meryl Streep looks like Mary Poppins in that photo. Surely there are other actresses who could have played that role? I think that Meryl Streep is over-represented in the movies (nothing against her as such), I just wonder why we have to keep seeing her in these big roles instead of all the other fine actresses who are out there?carol in cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361149279309934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33789437012737599732015-10-24T21:42:11.418+01:002015-10-24T21:42:11.418+01:00"...you're fully aware to whom I refer!&q..."...you're fully aware to whom I refer!" Gulp! I hope you don't mean me Lee!<br />Men and women are all human - yes I agree. Too much is made of the differences between men and women. For example, I cannot bear all that drivel about women being good at multi-tasking. The truth is that some women will be good at multi-tasking and some men will be good at it too. Trouble is if anybody is multi-tasking they are not properly focussed on the main job.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58424239163731156592015-10-24T21:21:37.447+01:002015-10-24T21:21:37.447+01:00The stupidity of it all is we are all human...man ...The stupidity of it all is we are all human...man and woman. There should be no differences in rights....except perhaps who is allowed to have the most dark chocolate...other than that....<br /><br />In all seriousness, the women of the world owe so much to Emily Pankhurst and those others who bravely stood alongside her. And it's sad that more work still desperately needs to be done to wipe out arrogant, ignorant attitudes and beliefs of some who I need not mention by name, beliefs or culture because you're fully aware to whom I refer!<br /><br />I always watch (or almost always do watch) "The Graham Norton Show" and only a couple of weeks ago I saw the show in which Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep were two of his guests and some of the couch conversation was about this movie, of course. I look forward to seeing it. <br /><br />And your post has made me even more keen to see it.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-26064306270262080172015-10-24T20:32:32.992+01:002015-10-24T20:32:32.992+01:00I don't believe in compensatory discrimination...I don't believe in compensatory discrimination but I do believe that having women in high places is good for civilisation and human progress. It is surely one of the main reasons why we have a duty to defeat the medieval arguments of Islamic fundamentalism. In their way of thinking, women would be virtual nobodies and women's rights would be reversed.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-92184428304041026252015-10-24T20:26:14.786+01:002015-10-24T20:26:14.786+01:00In these times, people are quick to knock what we ...In these times, people are quick to knock what we have got but in reality we enjoy an enormous number of privileges compared with those who went before us.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79260464118991863052015-10-24T20:23:42.852+01:002015-10-24T20:23:42.852+01:00But interestingly when it comes to the cleaning of...But interestingly when it comes to the cleaning of government buildings women are very much in the majority!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-40850395214348717572015-10-24T18:22:06.961+01:002015-10-24T18:22:06.961+01:00We're not there yet however women have more op...We're not there yet however women have more opportunities to get there and change things. We still have very few women representing us in parliament.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-5866116461850361542015-10-24T16:38:35.203+01:002015-10-24T16:38:35.203+01:00Switzerland was surprisingly late, wasn't it? ...Switzerland was surprisingly late, wasn't it? And Saudi Arabia - isn't that a monarchy anyway? I seem to remember that women are not allowed to drive in that country, either.<br />Thinking about what life was (and still is) like for women in general, I am truly glad that my life is taking place here and now. I have choices, which is a lot more than many a 47-year-old widow with no children could say about herself in other parts of the world.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64157435716280137842015-10-24T12:23:06.744+01:002015-10-24T12:23:06.744+01:00It does seem strange and with a few notable except...It does seem strange and with a few notable exceptions the world is a much better for having women involved. Thatcher and Theresa May would have been better excluded but that would have required impossible foresight.<br />I am quite enjoying current politics with the return of Marxism. Groucho not Karl.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.com