History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: My "Naked" Truth [View all]ismnotwasm
(42,496 posts)My husband, despite repeated explanations, doesn't understand. He thinks I'd find that mythological someone else. He has no idea how high my standard actually are.
I have a theory, which is probably unfair to the person he is, he has multiple sclerosis, has experienced childhood abuse--sexual betrayal, a horrible first marriage, yet somehow turned out to be a decent human being who respects women. He doesn't quite understand feminism, but he gets what I explain to him.
Anyway, my theory is that he's suffered in ways no one can understand unless they've been through the same thing, and it's made him more empathetic to women, he dislikes people who are clearly full of shit,(it's fun to show him the moron posts around here-- then I tease him and say see how you guys are? He knows I'm teasing) he's strangely emotionally vulnerable in ways I'm not and will never be. Like he's been cleansed through fire. He doesn't listen to men and their sexist bullshit, he tells them to knock it off. I didn't tell him that--he figured it out by himself.
Neither one of us are perfect-- and we get into glorious fights.