Feminists

My theory is that I was selected as a family scapegoat for two reasons:

1. A warning to my mother if she stepped out of line; and
2. To train me to accept abuse if/when I ever got married.

Well, I fought my father every chance I could, even before my adolescence. And it infuriated and frustrated him.

And I never married. My mother had bachelors and masters degrees. She was more than intelligent compared to most of the wives of the Fifties. And she was more or less held hostage in a very bad marriage. She once thought of leaving, but feared her disadvantage of being given minimal alimony and perhaps losing custody of the kids.