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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My MIL is decidedly NOT a feminist. Even though she largely stays out of my business and she is a decent enough MIL, she is kind of a crappy grandma to my daughter. A lot of her internalized misogyny comes out in comments that my daughter has picked up on, like when she says she’s so glad she only had sons because girls are “dramatic”, she uses “sissy” and “throws like a girl” as insults, and she expects my husband to police my daughter’s dating life.  It’s really affected their relationship, which is a shame but a situation of her own making.[/quote]

Ugh my MIL and my mom are like this and it’s exhausting because I always have to choose between pissing them off by speaking up so that my daughter understands they are full if it, or just keeping the peace but talking to DD about it later.

I resolve it by minimizing time with either of them and letting DD know ahead of time that I don’t agree with the way they talk about women and that it’s internalized misogyny. Such PITAs.[/quote]

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